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Andrew Jackson: “I transmit to the Senate, in pursuance of the resolutions passed by that body on the 3d instant, a report from the…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 1836
I transmit to the Senate, in pursuance of the resolutions passed by that body on the 3d instant, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by certain papers, relative to the existing relations between the United States and France.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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