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Martin Van Buren: “Although the committee, being four in number, were unable to agree upon any recommendation to the Senate, it does not…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1840
Although the committee, being four in number, were unable to agree upon any recommendation to the Senate, it does not appear that there was any diversity of opinion amongst them in regard to this part of the report.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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