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Martin Van Buren: “The amendments have, in pursuance of the requirement of the Senate, been submitted to each of the tribes, assembled in…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1839
The amendments have, in pursuance of the requirement of the Senate, been submitted to each of the tribes, assembled in council, for their free and voluntary assent or dissent thereto.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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