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On the recordDecember 14, 1866
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, in relation to the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad Company.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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