December 22, 1874
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a memorial+ forwarded to me by a convention of colored citizens assembled in the city of Montgomery, Ala., on the 2d of this month.
U. S. GRANT.
+Asking all the rights of citizenship.
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204076