FRANKLIN PIERCE.

WASHINGTON, _May 29, 1856_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In further answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th of January

last, requesting a copy of any official correspondence not previously

communicated touching the construction and purport of the convention

between the United States and Great Britain of the 19th of April, 1850,

I transmit a copy of an instruction of the 24th instant from the

Secretary of State to the minister of the United States at London.

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