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The Department, nevertheless, has been conducted with the greatest vigor, and has attained at the least possible expense all the useful objects for which it was established.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Tyler praises the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the Department's operations.

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