Contents

Preface xiii

Introduction 1

Brief Biographical Information on the Presidents of 11

Maps 17

Photographs 21

The Annual Messages

I. (January 3,1848 - January 7,1856) First Annual Message January 5,1848 25 Second Annual Message December 14, 1849 34 Third Annual Message December 3, 1850 43 Fourth Annual Message December 3, 1851 57 Fifth Annual Message December 15, 1852 (Summary) 65 Sixth Annual Message December 6,1853 65 Seventh Annual Message December 20,1854 77 Eighth Annual Message December 20, 1855 84

II. (January 7,1856 - January 4,1864) First Annual Message December 3,1856 102 Second Annual Message 1857 (Missing) Special Message April 6, 1857 111 Third Annual Message December 9,1858 122 Special Message January 6, 1859 136 Fourth Annual Message December 9,1859 146 Fifth Annual Message December 3, 1860 155 Sixth Annual Message December 7, 1861 160 Seventh Annual Message December 5, 1862 168 Eighth Annual Message December 5,1863 175

III. Daniel Bashiel Warner (January 4,1864 - January 6,1868) First Annual Message December 6,1864 181 Second Annual Message December 11,1865 189 Third Annual Message December 6, 1866 194 Fourth Annual Message December 16,1867 202

IV. (January 6,1868 — January 3,1870) First Annual Message December 10, 1868 206 Second Annual Message 1869 (Missing)

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V. (January 3,1870 - October 26,1871) Annual Message December 8, 1870 219

VI. James Skivring Smith (November 4,1871 - January 1,1872) Annual Message December 4, 1871 224

VII. Joseph Jenkins Roberts (January 1,1872 - January 3,1876) First Annual Message December 9, 1872 235 Second Annual Message December 15, 1873 247 Third Annual Message December 10, 1874 258 Fourth Annual Message December 17, 1875 263

VIII. James Spriggs Payne (January 3,1876 - January 7,1878) First Annual Message December 12,1876 271 Second Annual Message December 17, 1877 285

IX. Anthony William Gardner (January 7,1878 - January 20,1883) First Annual Message December 12, 1878 298 Second Annual Message December 10, 1879 308 Third Annual Message December 16, 1880 314 Fourth Annual Message December 10, 1881 319 Fifth Annual Message December 6, 1882 323

X. Alfred Francis Russell (January 20,1883 - January 7,1884) Annual Message December 1883 328

XI. Hilary Richard Wright Johnson (January 7,1884 - January 4,1892) First Annual Message December 4, 1884 332 Second Annual Message December 18, 1885 339 Third Annual Message December 14,1886 348 Fourth Annual Message December 21, 1887 354 Fifth Annual Message December 11, 1888 360 Sixth Annual Message December 30, 1889 366 Seventh Annual Message December 15,1890 374 Eighth Annual Message 1891 (Missing)

XII. Joseph James Cheeseman (January 4,1892 - November 12,1896) First Annual Message December 8, 1892 383 Second Annual Message December 1893 387 Third Annual Message 1894 (Missing) Fourth Annual Message 1895 (Missing)

XIII. William David Coleman (November 12,1896 - December 11,1900) First Annual Message December 14,1896 393 Second Annual Message 1897 395 Contents ix

Third Annual Message 1898 400 Fourth Annual Message Decemberl899 403 Fifth Annual Message 1900 407

XIV. Garretson Wilmot Gibson (December 11,1900-January4,1904) First Annual Message December 10, 1901 412 Second Annual Message December 9, 1902 418 Third Annual Message December 16, 1903 424

XV. (January 4,1904 - January 1,1912) First Annual Message December 15, 1904 430 Second Annual Message December 14, 1905 436 Third Annual Message December 11, 1906 444 Fourth Annual Message December 12, 1907 448 Fifth Annual Message December 15, 1908 456 Sixth Annual Message December 13, 1909 472 Seventh Annual Message December 10, 1910 483 Eighth Annual Message December 12,1911 497

XVI. Daniel Edward Howard (January 1,1912 - January 5,1920) First Annual Message December 12, 1912 507 Second Annual Message December 17, 1913 519 Third Annual Message September 23,1914 532 Fourth Annual Message 1915 (Missing) Special Message March 10, 1915 542 Fifth Annual Message September 19, 1916 545 Sixth Annual Message December 20, 1917 550 Seventh Annual Message 1918 (Missing) Eighth Annual Message December 16, 1919 556

XVII. Charles Dunbar Burgess King (January 5,1920 - December 3,1930) First Annual Message January 13,1921 570 Second Annual Message December 14, 1921 583 Third Annual Message December 19,1922 600 Fourth Annual Message December 13, 1923 622 Fifth Annual Message December 9, 1924 638 Sixth Annual Message December 16, 1925 668 Seventh Annual Message October 20, 1926 692 Eighth Annual Message December 22, 1927 713 Ninth Annual Message October 18,1828 732 Tenth Annual Message October 30, 1929 759 Eleventh Annual Message October 30,1930 787

XVIII. Edwin James Barclay (December 3,1930 - January 3,1944) First Annual Message December 22, 1931 806 Second Annual Message October 24, 1932 827 x Contents

Third Annual Message October 25,1933 849 Fourth Annual Message October 26, 1934 890 Fifth Annual Message December 19, 1935 901 Sixth Annual Message October 28,1936 911 Seventh Annual Message October 29, 1937 921 Eighth Annual Message November 1,1938 932 Ninth Annual Message December 19, 1939 941 Tenth Annual Message November 5, 1940 954 Eleventh Annual Message November 4,1941 963 Twelfth Annual Message 1942 (Missing) Thirteenth Annual Message December 28,1943 971

XIX. William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (January 3,1944 - July 23,1971) First Annual Message November 1, 1944 981 Second Annual Message November 9, 1945 1007 Third Annual Message November 15, 1946 1035 Fourth Annual Message 1947 (Missing) Fifth Annual Message November 26,1948 1060 Sixth Annual Message October 28,1949 1091 Seventh Annual Message November 7, 1950 1115 Eighth Annual Message December 14, 1951 (Summary) 1147 Ninth Annual Message November 26, 1952 1150 Tenth Annual Message October 23, 1953 1174 Eleventh Annual Message January 25, 1955 1191 Special Message June 13, 1955 1206 Thirteenth Annual Message November 30,1956 1234 Fourteenth Annual Message November 11, 1957 1243 Fifteenth Annual Message November 14, 1958 1253 Sixteenth Annual Message December 22, 1959 1269 Seventeenth Annual Message November 22,1960 1281 Eighteenth Annual Message December 9, 1961 1299 Nineteenth Annual Message November 23,1962 1310 Twentieth Annual Message December 23,1963 1325 Twenty-first Annual Message November 24,1964 1335 Twenty-second Annual Message November 16,1965 1344 Twenty-third Annual Message December 15,1966 1353 Twenty-fourth Annual Message December 18, 1967 1363 Twenty-fifth Annual Message December 20, 1968 1373 Twenty-sixth Annual Message December 30, 1969 1384 Twenty-seventh Annual Message November 21, 1970 1401

XX. William Richard Tolbert, Jr. (July 23,1971 - April 12,1980) First Annual Message December 21, 1971 1418 Second Annual Message January 23, 1973 1455 Third Annual Message January 23, 1974 1502 Fourth Annual Message January 24, 1975 1546 Fifth Annual Message December 17,1975 1580 Sixth Annual Message January 28,1977 1609 Contents xi

Seventh Annual Message January 31, 1978 1629 Eighth Annual Message February 27, 1979 1649 Special Message April 17, 1979 1662 Ninth Annual Message January 24, 1980 1666 Special Message March 10, 1980 1678

XXI. Samuel Kanyon Doe (January 6,1986 - September 9,1990) Special Message (to the Nation) December 11, 1985 1681 First Annual Message January 29, 1987 1689 Second Annual Message January 20, 1988 1705 Third Annual Message January 27, 1989 1716 Fourth Annual Message February, 1990 1730

XXII. Charles Mcarthur Ghankay Taylor (August 12,1997 - August 11,2003) First Annual Message January 26, 1998 1743 Second Annual Message January 25,1999 1749 Third Annual Message March 20,2000 (Summary) 1758 Fourth Annual Message January 29,2001 1759 Fifth Annual Message January 28,2002 1771 Special Message February 14,2002 1782

XXIII. Moses Zeh Blah (August 11,2003 - October 14,2003)

XXIV. (January 16,2006 - ) First Annual Message January 23,2006 1787 Second Annual Message January 29,2007 1792 Third Annual Message January 28,2008 1816 Fourth Annual Message January 29,2009 1835 Fifth Annual Message January 25,2010 1864

Appendices 1. Vice Presidents of Liberia, 1848-2010 1911 2. Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1848-2010 1911 3. Presidents Pro-Tempore of the Senate, 1848-2010 1912