EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 19, 1883_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of War, dated the 17th instant, inclosing, with other
papers on the subject, a petition of Thomas Mulvihill, of Pittsburg,
Pa., praying for the repossession of certain shore lands at Pittsburg
erroneously conveyed by him to the United States.