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Book/Printed Material Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. December 11, 1856. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-5

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  • Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. December 11, 1856. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-5

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Pierce, Franklin 1804-1869
  • Franklin Pierce originator
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • United States. President (1853-1857 : Pierce)
  • United States. Coast Survey (1807-1878)
  • United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings
  • United States. Department of the Interior
  • United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs (1849-1947)
  • United States. Department of the Interior. Pension Office
  • United States. General Land Office
  • United States. Surveyor General

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Army.--Coast Survey.--(1807-1878)--Commissioner of Public Buildings.--Department of the Interior.--Office of Indian Affairs.--(1849-1947)--Department of the Post Office.--General Land Office.--Navy.--Surveyor General.--Penitentiary in the District of Columbia.--St. Elizabeth's Hospital (D.C.)--Congress.--Powers and duties
  • -  Congress of Paris (1856)
  • -  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 1850
  • -  Convention between the United States and Denmark for the Discontinuance of the Sound Dues. 1857
  • -  Louisiana Purchase. 1803
  • -  Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. 1854
  • -  Treaty of Peace, Amity, Navigation and Commerce between the United States of America and the Republic of New Granada. 1846
  • -  Compromise of 1850
  • -  Fugitive Slave Law
  • -  Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • -  Missouri Compromise
  • -  Annexation (International law)
  • -  Antislavery movements
  • -  Blockade
  • -  Bounties, Military
  • -  Bridges
  • -  Building
  • -  Constitutional law
  • -  Revenue
  • -  Factory and trade waste
  • -  Federal government
  • -  Foreign fishing
  • -  Insurgency
  • -  International relations
  • -  Jurisdiction
  • -  Land grants
  • -  Maritime law
  • -  Military art and science
  • -  Military readiness
  • -  Military reorganization
  • -  Neutrality
  • -  Postal rates
  • -  Postal service
  • -  Prisons
  • -  Privateering
  • -  Psychiatric hospitals
  • -  Debts, Public
  • -  Public land sales
  • -  Reparations
  • -  Sectionalism (United States)
  • -  Shipbuilding
  • -  Slavery
  • -  States rights (American politics)
  • -  Surveying
  • -  Tariff
  • -  Territorial waters
  • -  Territories and possessions
  • -  Treaties
  • -  Warships
  • -  Crimean War, 1853-1856
  • -  Mexican War, 1846-1848
  • -  Financial statements
  • -  California
  • -  Canada
  • -  Central America
  • -  Cuba
  • -  Denmark
  • -  District of Columbia
  • -  Florida Keys
  • -  France
  • -  Great Britain
  • -  Honduras
  • -  Isthmus of Panama
  • -  Isthmus of Tehuantepec
  • -  Kansas Territory (1854-1861)
  • -  Maine
  • -  Mexico
  • -  Nebraska Territory (1854-1867)
  • -  New Mexico Territory (1850-1912)
  • -  Nicaragua
  • -  Oregon Territory (1848-1859)
  • -  Potomac River
  • -  Republic of New Granada
  • -  Russia (to 1921)
  • -  Spain
  • -  Utah Territory (1850-1896)
  • -  Washington Territory (1853-1889)
  • -  Great Britain--Territories and possessions
  • -  United States--Territories and possessions--Politics and government
  • -  United States--Insular possessions--Politics and government
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
  • -  Kansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (895 pages). tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 34-3:S.EX.DOC.5/1
  • Y 1.1/2:875

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022700896

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Franklin Pierce, Franklin Pierce Originator, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. Senate, United States President, United States Coast Survey, et al. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022700896/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Pierce, F., Franklin Pierce Originator, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A., United States President [...] United States Surveyor General. (1856) Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022700896/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022700896/>.