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On the recordJanuary 23, 1833
This treaty has been ratified by me agreeably to the Constitution, and the ratification will be dispatched to Naples without delay, when there is no doubt it will be ratified by His Sicilian Majesty.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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