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On the recordDecember 14, 1904
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a report by the Secretary of State resubmitting a claim of the owners of the British steamship Lindisfarne, amounting to $158.11, for demurrage to that vessel while undergoing repairs necessitated through a collision with the United States army transport Crook in New York Harbor on May 23, 1900.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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