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Millard Fillmore: “In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th January last, requesting information in regard to the fisheries on…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 1853
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th January last, requesting information in regard to the fisheries on the coasts of the British North American Provinces, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents which accompanied it.
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Millard Fillmore
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