February 04, 1857
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents,+ in answer to the resolution of the House of December 26, 1854.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
+Consular returns on shipping, shipbuilding, etc., in foreign countries.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203312