Message To Congress
Washington, January 17, 1862
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I transmit to Congress a translation of an instruction to the minister of his Majesty the King of Prussia accredited to this government, and a copy of a note to that minister from the Secretary of State relating to the capture and detention of certain citizens of the United States, pa**engers on board the British steamer Trent, by order of Captain Wilkes of the United States Navy.
A. LINCOLN