Cyclopędia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers
Published: New York: Maynard, Merrill, and Co., 1899.
First published: 1881
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MESSAGE
MESSAGE (IN U. S. HISTORY), a written communication to congress by the president. Regular messages are sent at the opening of each session of congress; special messages, whenever an occasion for them arises. During the administrations of Washington and John Adams the messages were delivered orally by the president to the two houses assembled together; since that time they have been delivered in writing, through the president's private secretary, and then printed by order of congress for general distribution. (See EXECUTIVE.)
