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On the recordDecember 8, 1861
To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in reply to the resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the intervention of certain European powers in the affairs of Mexico.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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