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Andrew Jackson: “To the Senate of the United States: I herewith lay before the Senate, for their advice and consent as to the…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 1832
To the Senate of the United States: I herewith lay before the Senate, for their advice and consent as to the ratification of the same, a treaty made on the 8th of August last with the Shawnee Indians.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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