MESSAGETOCONGRESS，JANUARY20，1864
GENTLEMENOFTHESENATEANDHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES：
InaccordancewithaletteraddressedbytheSecretaryofState，withmyapproval，totheHon。JosephA。Wright，ofIndiana，thatpatrioticanddistinguishedgentlemanrepairedtoEuropeandattendedtheInternationalAgriculturalExhibition，heldatHamburglastyear，andhassincehisreturnmadeareporttome，which，itisbelieved，cannotfailtobeofgeneralinterest，andespeciallysototheagriculturalcommunity。Itransmitforyourconsiderationcopiesofthelettersandreport。Whileitappearsbytheletterthatnoreimbursementofexpensesorcompensationwaspromisedhim，Isubmitwhetherreasonableallowanceshouldnotbemadehimforthem。
ABRAHAMLINCOLN。
ORDERAPPROVINGTRADEREGULATIONS。