On the recordJanuary 21, 1807
The mass of what I have received in the course of these transactions is voluminous, but little has been given under the sanction of an oath so as to constitute formal and legal evidence.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe mass of what I have received in the course of these transactions is voluminous, but little has been given under the sanction of an oath so as to constitute formal and legal evidence.
Message to Congress on the Burr Conspiracy
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