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On the recordDecember 5, 1832
I avail myself of this early opportunity to return to the Senate, in which it originated, the bill entitled 'An act providing for the final settlement of the claims of States for interest on advances to the United States made during the last war,' with the reasons which induced me to withhold my approbation, in consequence of which it has failed to become a law.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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