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Martin Van Buren: The papers are returned and the report and documents of the Acting Secretary of War submitted in order that Congress may…

On the recordApril 17, 1838
The papers are returned and the report and documents of the Acting Secretary of War submitted in order that Congress may devise such other mode of relief as may seem proper.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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