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On the recordFebruary 18, 1867
I transmit the accompanying reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th May last, requesting certain information in regard to captured and forfeited cotton.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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