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Martin Van Buren: I have not been able to satisfy myself that I can, consistently with the resolution of the Senate of the 2d of March…

On the recordJanuary 12, 1840
I have not been able to satisfy myself that I can, consistently with the resolution of the Senate of the 2d of March, 1839, cause the treaty to be carried into effect in respect to the Seneca tribe.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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