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On the recordJanuary 28, 1859
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, I transmit a copy of the report of the special agent of the United States recently sent to Vancouvers Island and British Columbia.
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James Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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