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Martin Van Buren: The application assumes that although the means of the Treasury for the whole year may be equal to the expenditures of…

On the recordFebruary 16, 1840
The application assumes that although the means of the Treasury for the whole year may be equal to the expenditures of the year, the Department may, notwithstanding, be rendered unable to meet the claims upon it at the times when they fall due.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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