THE STATE, WAR, AND NAVY BUILDING is occupied by the Departments indiIt was commenced in 1871 and finished in 1893 at a cost of cated. The building measures 471 x 253 feet, covers four and a $10,700,000. half acres, and contains two miles of corridors. The style of architecture

Is that of the Italian renaissance.

U.S. Prevident.

A COMPILATION

OF THE

MESSAGES AND PAPERS

OF THE

PRESIDENTS

1789-1897

BY

JAMES D. RICHARDSON

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM the State of TENNESSEE

VOLUME IV

STANFORD LIBRARY

PUBLISHED BY

AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS

1900