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Martin Van Buren: In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, relative to an attack on the…

On the recordApril 22, 1838
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, relative to an attack on the steamboat Columbia in the Gulf of Mexico by a Mexican armed vessel, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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