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John Tyler: “In view of the magnitude and importance of our national concerns, actual and prospective, in China, I submit to the…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1845
In view of the magnitude and importance of our national concerns, actual and prospective, in China, I submit to the consideration of Congress the expediency of providing for the preservation and cultivation of the subsisting relations of amity between the United States and the Chinese Government.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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