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On the recordJanuary 11, 1886
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th ultimo, requesting a copy of 'any report of an actual instrumental survey of a line for a ship railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.'
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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