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On the recordFebruary 28, 1844
I shall be permitted to express my great grief at an occurrence which has thus suddenly stricken from my side two gentlemen upon whose advice I so confidently relied in the discharge of my arduous task of administering the office of the executive department.
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David Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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