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On the recordDecember 22, 1839
I herewith communicate to Congress copies of a letter from the governor of Iowa to the Secretary of State and of the documents transmitted with it, on the subject of a dispute respecting the boundary line between that Territory and the State of Missouri.
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John Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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