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On the recordJanuary 21, 1841
It is submitted to Congress whether authority shall be given to the Mint to strike off copies of those medals, in bronze or other metal, to supply those persons making application for them, at a cost not to exceed the actual expense of striking them off
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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