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Andrew Jackson: “Finding from the inclosed letter from the Secretary of the Treasury that James C. Dickson, lately nominated to be…”

On the recordApril 30, 1830
Finding from the inclosed letter from the Secretary of the Treasury that James C. Dickson, lately nominated to be receiver of public moneys at Mount Salus, Miss., is a defaulter, I beg leave to withdraw his nomination, and to nominate in his place Hiram G. Rennels.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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