EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 10, 1865_.
_To the Honorable the House of Representatives_:
In response to your resolution of the 8th instant, requesting
information in relation to a conference recently held in Hampton Roads,
I have the honor to state that on the day of the date I gave Francis P.
Blair, sr., a card, written on as follows, to wit:
December 28, 1864.
Allow the bearer, F.P. Blair, sr., to pass our lines, go South,
and return.