United States. President

THE

STATESMAN'S MANUAL;

CONTAINING THE

ADDRESSES AND MESSAGES

OF THE

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,

INAUGURAL, ANNUAL, AND SPECIAL,

FROM

1789 TO 1858;

WITH

A MEMOIR OF EACH OF THE PRESIDENTS,

AND

A HISTORY OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIONS:

ALSO,
TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN POWERS,
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTS' PROCLAMATIONS,
AND OTHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION.

COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES BY

EDWIN WILLIAMS AND BENSON J. LOSSING.

EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF THE PRESIDENTS,

ENGRAVED ON STEEL.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITIOX.

NEW YORK:
EDWARD WALKER, 114 FULTON STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858,

BY EDWARD WALKER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern

District of New York.

1895