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Martin Van Buren: The period when the evidence on the claims shall be closed ought, in my opinion, to be limited, as they are already of…

On the recordJanuary 16, 1839
The period when the evidence on the claims shall be closed ought, in my opinion, to be limited, as they are already of long standing.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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