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On the recordDecember 26, 1811
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:I lay before Congress copies of resolutions entered into by the legislature of Pennsylvania, which have been transmitted to me with that view by the governor of that State, in pursuance of one of the said resolutions.
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James Madison
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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