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On the recordJanuary 26, 1832
I therefore nominate the said Hampton Westcott to be a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States from the 17th of May, 1828, his former date, and to take rank next after Richard R. McMullin.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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