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On the recordJanuary 5, 1834
I recommend to Congress to authorize by law that the articles already in the Department of State shall be delivered to the persons to whom they were originally presented, if living, and to the heirs of such as may have died.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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