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Martin Van Buren: “If it should be the pleasure of Congress that the preparatory exploration and survey of the northeastern boundary of the…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 1841
If it should be the pleasure of Congress that the preparatory exploration and survey of the northeastern boundary of the United States should be completed
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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