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Ben Harrison: “To the House of Representatives:In further response to the resolution of the House of Representatives requesting me, if…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1891
To the House of Representatives:In further response to the resolution of the House of Representatives requesting me, if in my judgment not incompatible with the public interest, to furnish to the House the correspondence since March 4, 1889, between the Government of the United States and the Government of Great Britain touching the subjects in dispute in the Bering Sea, I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, which is accompanied by the correspondence which has taken place since my message of July 23, 1890.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana
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