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[Footnote 115: See pp. 390-391.]
[Footnote 116: See pp. 394-395.]
[Footnote 117: See pp. 392-394.]
SPECIAL MESSAGES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 6, 1876_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I have the honor to transmit herewith a letter (accompanied by
testimony) addressed to me by Hon. John Sherman and other distinguished
citizens, in regard to the canvass of the vote for electors in the State
of Louisiana.
U.S. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 14, 1876_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In answer to a resolution of the 7th instant of the House of
Representatives, asking to be informed whether any, and what,
negotiations have or are being made with the Sioux Indians for their
removal to the Indian Territory, and under what authority the same has
been and is being done, I submit herewith a report received from the
Secretary of the Interior, which contains, it is believed, all the
information in possession of his Department touching the matter of the
resolution.
U.S. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 14, 1876_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, requesting
information "as to whether troops of the United States were stationed
at the city of Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, on the 7th of
November, 1876, and, if so, under what authority and for what purpose,"
I submit the inclosed letters from the Secretary of War, to whom the
resolution was referred, together with the report of the General of the
Army and accompanying papers.
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