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Martin Van Buren: “It is understood that their respective examinations will throw new light upon the subject in controversy...”

On the recordDecember 4, 1840
It is understood that their respective examinations will throw new light upon the subject in controversy...
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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Fourth Annual Message

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