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On the recordMay 4, 1868
I transmit to Congress the accompanying documents, which I deem it proper to state are all the papers* that have been submitted to the President relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the States of South Carolina and Arkansas.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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