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On the recordJanuary 14, 1812
I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the Government for the year 1811, incurred on the occasion of taking possession of the territory limited eastwardly by the river Perdido, and amounting to $3,396.
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James Madison
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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