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On the recordJanuary 30, 1843
I have thought proper to direct that the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Hitchcock concerning the frauds which he was charged to investigate be transmitted to the House of Representatives, and it accordingly accompanies this message.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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