March 05, 1868
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of January last, in relation to the claim of the late Benjamin W. Perkins against the Russian Government. I transmit a communication from the Secretary of State, which is accompanied by the papers called for by the resolution.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Andrew Johnson, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202370