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On the recordApril 29, 1860
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 2d of February, 1859, requesting information in regard to the compulsory service of citizens of the United States in the army of Prussia, I transmit an additional report from the Secretary of State and the document by which it is accompanied.
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Vera Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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