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On the recordJanuary 29, 1815
Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the Legislature to establish an incorporated bank
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James Madison
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval 'An Act to Incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the United...'

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