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Andrew Jackson: “As that individual has been recently nominated to the Senate to be charge' d'affaires of the United States to the…”

On the recordApril 14, 1830
As that individual has been recently nominated to the Senate to be charge' d'affaires of the United States to the Government of Central America, I take advantage of the occasion to request the Senate to postpone a final decision on his nomination, upon the following grounds:
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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