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Martin Van Buren: “I think proper to communicate to the House of Representatives, in further answer to their resolution of the 21st ultimo…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1841
I think proper to communicate to the House of Representatives, in further answer to their resolution of the 21st ultimo, the correspondence which has since occurred between the Secretary of State and the British minister on the same subject.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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