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On the recordJune 14, 1836
as the negotiation was undertaken under the special advice of the Senate, I deem it improper to withhold the information which that body has requested, submitting to them to decide whether it will be expedient to publish the correspondence before the negotiation has been closed.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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