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On the recordJune 27, 1886
I transmit herewith a communication, with an accompanying paper, from the Secretary of State, in relation to the distribution of the award of the late Mexican Claims Commission in the case of S. A. Belden & Co. against the Republic of Mexico.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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