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On the recordFebruary 5, 1817
I recommend to Congress that provision be made by law for payments to the State of Georgia equal to the amount of Mississippi stock which shall be paid into the Treasury until the stipulated sum of $1,250,000 shall be completed.
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James Madison
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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