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On the recordJanuary 9, 1840
I transmit herewith, in compliance with a resolution of the 30th ultimo, the proceedings of the court of inquiry in the case of Lieutenant-Colonel Brunt, held at St. Louis in November last, and the papers connected therewith.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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