A copy of the correspondence
which accompanied the convention on the subject is herewith transmitted.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, _December 8, 1874_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a report, dated the 8th instant, with accompanying
papers,[88] from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the
requirements of section 208 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 88: Report of fees collected, etc., by consular officers of
the United States for 1873, list of consular officers, and tariff of
consular fees prescribed by the President September 1, 1874.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 22, 1874_.
The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information of Congress,
a memorial[89] forwarded to me by a convention of colored citizens
assembled in the city of Montgomery, Ala., on the 2d of this month.
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 89: Asking all the rights of citizenship.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 5, 1875_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 21st December last,
requesting the return of its resolution of the 17th of the same month,
advising and consenting to the appointment of J.
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