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Andrew Jackson: “To the Senate: I transmit herewith to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War, containing the information called…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1832
To the Senate: I transmit herewith to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War, containing the information called for by the resolution of the Senate of the 12th of January last, in relation to the employment of agents among the Indians since the passage of the 'act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing within any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi,' approved 28th May, 1830.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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