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[Half-title] Executive documents printed by order of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Forty-second Congress 1871-'72, pp. [I] ff.

Index to the executive documents of the House of Representatives of the United States of the second session of the Forty-second Congress, pp. [III]-XXXV ff.

[Title page] Message of the president of the United States together with the reports of the heads of departments, to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Forty-second Congress, pp. [1] ff.

Message, Grant, U.S. pp. [3]-15 ff.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, Boutwell, Geo. S. pp. [17]-39 ff.

Report of the Secretary of War, Belknap, Wm. W. pp. [41]-57 ff.

Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Robeson, Geo. M. pp. [59]-78

Report of the Postmaster General, Creswell, Jno. A. J. pp. [79]-108

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, Delano, C. pp. [109]-141 ff.

Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Watts, Frederick pp. [143]-156

[Title page] Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the president, December 4, 1871, pp. [I] ff.

Message of the president of the United States, Grant, U.S. pp. [III]-XV ff.

Foreign relations, pp. [1] ff.

List of papers, with their contents, pp. [3]-22

Circulars, pp. [23]-29

Austria, pp. 29-37

Bolivia, pp. 38-42

Brazil, pp. 43-64

Chili [Chile], pp. 65-67

China, pp. 68-228

Colombia, pp. 229-249

Costa Rica, pp. 249-253

Equador, pp. 253-266

France, pp. 266-358

Germany, pp. 358-414

Great Britain, pp. 415-540

Greece, pp. 540-541

Guatemala, pp. 542-543

Hawaiian Islands, pp. 543-566

Hayti [Haiti], pp. 566-572

Honduras, pp. 572-581

Japan, pp. 582-606

Mexico, pp. 607-666

Nicaragua, pp. 666-684

Salvador, pp. 684-696

Spain, pp. 697-793

Sweden and Norway, pp. 793-870

Switzerland, pp. 870-886

Turkey, pp. 887-908

Venezuela, pp. 909-911 ff.

Alphabetical index, pp. [913]-928 ff.

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