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On the recordApril 10, 1866
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, in relation to the seizure and detention at New York of the steamship Meteor, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and the papers by which it was accompanied.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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