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On the recordJanuary 25, 1859
I transmit to Congress a report, dated the 25th instant, with the accompanying papers, received from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the requirement of the eighteenth section of the act entitled 'An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States,' approved August 18, 1856.
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James Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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