April 11, 1871
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of March 31, 1871, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.*
U. S. GRANT.
*Dispatches from the United States minister at Florence relative to the occupation of Rome by the King of Italy.
(The following messages were sent to the special session of the Senate convened by proclamation of April 20, 1871.)
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204310