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John Tyler: “The destruction of the steamboat Caroline at Schlosser four or five years ago occasioned no small degree of excitement…”

On the recordAugust 10, 1842
The destruction of the steamboat Caroline at Schlosser four or five years ago occasioned no small degree of excitement at the time, and became the subject of correspondence between the two Governments.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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