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On the recordDecember 17, 1838
I transmit the accompanying documents, marked from 1 to 5,* in reply to a resolution of yesterday's date, calling for copies of correspondence between the Executive of the General Government and the governor of Pennsylvania.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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