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On the recordMarch 11, 1838
I am happy to evince my high sense of the humane and intrepid conduct of Captain Beziers by presenting his case to Congress, to whom alone it belongs to determine upon the expediency of granting his request.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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