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Millard Fillmore: “It is, nevertheless, my duty to lay before the Senate, in answer to its resolution, some important facts and…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 1851
It is, nevertheless, my duty to lay before the Senate, in answer to its resolution, some important facts and considerations connected with the subject.
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Millard Fillmore
Whig · New York

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