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Andrew Jackson: “I can not too cordially congratulate Congress and my fellow citizens on the near approach of that memorable and happy…”

On the recordDecember 3, 1832
I can not too cordially congratulate Congress and my fellow citizens on the near approach of that memorable and happy event – the extinction of the public debt of this great and free nation.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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