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On the recordDecember 20, 1816
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, I transmit to them the proceedings of the commissioner appointed under the act 'to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes' as reported by the commissioner to the Department of War.
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James Madison
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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