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On the recordFebruary 10, 1868
The excuse you make in a subsequent paragraph of that letter of the 28th ultimo, that afterwards you changed your views as to what would be a proper course, has nothing to do with the point now under consideration.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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