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On the recordDecember 13, 1866
I communicate a translation of a letter of the 17th of August last addressed to me by His Majesty Alexander, Emperor of Russia, in reply to the joint resolution of Congress approved on the 16th day of May, 1866, relating to the attempted assassination of the Emperor
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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