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Martin Van Buren: I submit herewith for your consideration and constitutional action the treaty accompanying the inclosed communication of…

On the recordMarch 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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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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