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Martin Van Buren: It is my design to give the requisite authority for that purpose to the charge d'affaires of the United States about to…

On the recordJune 6, 1838
It is my design to give the requisite authority for that purpose to the charge d'affaires of the United States about to be appointed for Peru, with instructions to stop in Ecuador on his way to Lima as the agent of the United States to accomplish that object.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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