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Martin Van Buren: In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, I transmit herewith a report of the…

On the recordJanuary 11, 1838
In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War, explanatory of the causes which have prevented a compliance with a resolution* of that branch of Congress of February 24, 1837.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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