February 02, 1872
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 16th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.+
U. S. GRANT.
+Correspondence relative to the seizure and detention of the American steamers "Hero, Dudley Buck, Nutrias", and "San Fernando", property of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company, and the virtual imprisonment of the officers of those vessels.
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204513