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On the recordJune 11, 1858
I promise that not an hour shall be lost in ascertaining the amount of appropriations made by them for which it will be necessary to provide.
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James Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Message to Congress on the Conditions of the Treasury

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