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Andrew Jackson: “I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a letter addressed to me on the 30th ultimo by the governor of the…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 1837
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a letter addressed to me on the 30th ultimo by the governor of the State of New Hampshire, communicating several resolutions of the legislature of that Commonwealth and claiming the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by that State in maintaining jurisdiction over that portion of its territory north of the forty-fifth degree of north latitude, known by the name of Indian Stream, under circumstances explained in his excellency's letter.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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