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On the recordMay 10, 1840
I herewith submit a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the documents therein referred to.
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John Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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Mar 18, 1840

I submit herewith for your consideration and constitutional action the treaty accompanying the inclosed communication of the Secretary of War, made with the Shawnee Indians west of the Mississippi River, for the purchase of a portion of their lands, with the view of procuring for the Wyandot Indians of Ohio a satisfactory residence west.

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Mar 11, 1840

To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to resolution of that body dated on the 9th instant, the inclosed report of the Secretary of State.

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