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On the recordJune 27, 1838
In compliance with a resolution passed by the House of Representatives on the 23d instant in respect to the new Treasury building, I submit the inclosed report from the commissioners charged with a general superintendence of the work, and which, with the documents annexed, is believed to contain all the information desired.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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