PIERCE FRANKLIN, 1804-1869, President. Document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, TO THE SENATE, Washington, D.C., 11 January 1856. 1 page, folio, 337 x 200 mm. (13 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.), light blue paper, written in an elegant clerk's hand, minor soiling in right-hand margin, otherwise in very good condition. An imposing official transmittal from the one-term Democratic President, probably concerning foreign policy: "To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate [not present] a report from the Secretary of State [William L. Marcy], with the accompanying document [not present], in answer to the resolution of yesterday..."

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PIERCE FRANKLIN, 1804-1869, President. Document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, TO THE SENATE, Washington, D.C., 11 January 1856. 1 page, folio, 337 x 200 mm. (13 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.), light blue paper, written in an elegant clerk's hand, minor soiling in right-hand margin, otherwise in very good condition. An imposing official transmittal from the one-term Democratic President, probably concerning foreign policy: "To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate [not present] a report from the Secretary of State [William L. Marcy], with the accompanying document [not present], in answer to the resolution of yesterday..."