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James Buchanan: “The safety of the immense amount of public property in this city and that of the archives of the Government, in which…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1861
The safety of the immense amount of public property in this city and that of the archives of the Government, in which all the States, and especially the new States in which the public lands are situated, have a deep interest.
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James Buchanan
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