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On the recordApril 26, 1838
I transmit to the Senate, for their consideration with a view to its ratification, a convention between the United States and the Republic of Texas for marking the boundary between them, signed in this city by the plenipotentiaries of the parties on the 25th instant.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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