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Andrew Jackson: “To the House of Representatives: I transmit, in conformity with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st…”

On the recordMay 25, 1836
To the House of Representatives: I transmit, in conformity with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, a report of the Secretary of War, containing the information called for on the subject of the causes of the hostilities of the Seminoles and the measures taken to repress them.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee
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