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Martin Van Buren: “The disagreement as to the extent of their respective jurisdictions has produced a state of such great excitement that I…”

On the recordDecember 22, 1839
The disagreement as to the extent of their respective jurisdictions has produced a state of such great excitement that I think it necessary to invite your early attention to the report of the commissioner appointed to run the line in question under the act of the 18th of June, 1838, which was sent to both Houses of Congress by the Secretary of State on the 30th of January last.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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