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On the recordMay 30, 1858
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, requesting information relative to attacks upon United States vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and on the coast of Cuba, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with the pans by which it was accompanied.
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Vera Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Message to the House of Representatives on the Attacks on United States Vessels in the Gulf of Mexico

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