Source: Chester A. Arthur, First Annual Message, online, by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203844. An appalling calamity has befallen the American people since their

President’s Annual Message, 48th Cong., 2nd sess., Congressional Record 16, p 1 S2. https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1884/12/01. To the Congress of the United States: Since the close of your last session the American people, in

President’s Annual Message, 48th Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Record 15, p 1 S19. https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1883/12/04. To the Congress of the United States: At the threshold of your deliberations I congratulate you upon the

President’s Annual Message, 47th Cong., 2nd sess., Congressional Record 14, p 1 S6. https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1882/12/04. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: It is provided by the Constitution that