Special Message
12/30/1839
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It seems also that the task of making the final examination into the justice of the awards might advantageously be devolved upon some other ...
The proof of their justice every day becoming more and more unsatisfactory.
The period when the evidence on the claims shall be closed ought, in my opinion, to be limited, as they are already of long standing.
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury