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John Tyler: “The Secretary of the Navy will be instructed to lay before you suitable estimates of the cost of constructing so many…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 1844
The Secretary of the Navy will be instructed to lay before you suitable estimates of the cost of constructing so many ships of such size and dimensions as you may think proper to order to be built.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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