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On the recordJune 9, 1844
It is only after acquiring Texas, that the question of boundary can arise between the United States and Mexico.
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David Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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Message to the House of Representatives Transmitting the Rejected Treaty for the Annexation of the Republic of Texas to the...

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