February 27, 1855
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I transmit to Congress herewith a communication of this date from the Secretary of the Interior, and recommend that the appropriation * therein asked for be made.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
*For surveying public lands in the northern part of Minnesota Territory acquired from the Chippewa Indians.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202163