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John Tyler: “It is far better by other means to supersede any supposed necessity or any motive for such examination or visit.”

On the recordJanuary 8, 1843
It is far better by other means to supersede any supposed necessity or any motive for such examination or visit.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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