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On the recordDecember 5, 1836
I transmit to Congress a report from the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, showing the progress made in the construction of the public buildings which by the act of the 4th of July last the President was authorized to cause to be erected.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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