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On the recordJanuary 20, 1839
I deem it advisable under these circumstances to submit the treaty in its modified form to the Senate, for its advice in regard of the sufficiency of the assent of the Senecas to the amendments proposed.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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