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John Tyler: “I submit it to your mature consideration whether, in view of the important benefits arising from the treaty to the trade…”

On the recordDecember 9, 1844
I submit it to your mature consideration whether, in view of the important benefits arising from the treaty to the trade and commerce of the United States and to their agriculture, it would not comport with sound policy to adopt that course.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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