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Andrew Jackson: “The expenses of the agency have been defrayed out of the contingent fund for foreign intercourse.”

On the recordMay 29, 1834
The expenses of the agency have been defrayed out of the contingent fund for foreign intercourse.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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