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Martin Van Buren: I would respectfully invite the early attention of Congress to the adoption of the legal provisions therein suggested…

On the recordDecember 7, 1838
I would respectfully invite the early attention of Congress to the adoption of the legal provisions therein suggested, or such other measures as may appear more expedient, for increasing the public security against similar defalcations hereafter.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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