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On the recordMay 22, 1862
To the House of Representatives: I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, calling for further correspondence relative to Mexican affairs.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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