The American's Own Book

The Declaration, the Constitution, the life of every signer, and every President's inaugural from Washington to Pierce — the patriotic shelf of an American parlor of 1855, complete in one volume.

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841

13 pages in this part of The American's Own Book.

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841

Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: IN coming together, fellow-citizens, to enter again upon the discharge…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Britain

Great Britain having made known to this government that the expedition, which was fitted out from Canada for the destruction of the…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Canada

In the month of September, a party of armed men from Upper Canada, invaded the territory of the United States, and forcibly seized upon the…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Caroline

I regret that it is not in my power to make known to you an equally satisfactory conclusion in the case of the Caroline steamer; with the…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: African

I herewith submit the correspondence which has recently taken place between the American Minister at the Court of St. James, Mr. Stevenson…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Congress

I invite your attention to existing laws for the suppression of the African slave trade, and recommend all such alterations as may give to…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Department

The commission appointed by this government for the exploration and survey of the line of boundary separating the states of Maine and New…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Belgium

A treaty of commerce and navigation with Belgium was concluded and signed at Washington, on the 29th March, 1840, and was duly sanctioned…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Texas

The joint commission under the convention with Texas, to ascertain the true boundary between the two countries, has concluded its labors…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Indian

The war with the Indian tribes on the peninsula of Florida has, during the last summer and fall, been prosecuted with untiring activity and…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: January

From the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, you will be informed of the condition of the finances. The balance in the treasury on the…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Secretary

From the report of the Secretary of War, and other reports accompanying it, you will be informed of the progress which has been made in the…

Tyler's First Annual Message, December 6, 1841: Considering

In respect to the exercise of this power, nothing should be left to discretion which may safely be regulated by law; and it is of high…

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