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On the recordDecember 20, 1831
I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a report of the Secretary of State, respecting tonnage duties levied at Martinique and Guadaloupe on American vessels and on French vessels from those islands to the United States.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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