To the Senate:In response to the resolution of the Senate of September 17, 1890, I inclose a report from the Secretary of State, transmitting all the correspondence found among the files of his Department relating to the claim of Thomas T. Collins against the Government of Spain.
Ben Harrison: “To the Senate:In response to the resolution of the Senate of September 17, 1890, I inclose a report from the Secretary…”
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