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John Tyler: “I shall abstain, as I have done hitherto, from recommending any specific measures which might be suggested by an…”

On the recordJuly 19, 1842
I shall abstain, as I have done hitherto, from recommending any specific measures which might be suggested by an examination of the various reports on the subject.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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