The general relations between Great Britain and the United States are of the most friendly character, and I am well satisfied of the sincere disposition of that Government to maintain them upon their present footing.
Martin Van Buren: “The general relations between Great Britain and the United States are of the most friendly character, and I am well…”
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Van Buren asserts the friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States.
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