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On the recordNovember 7, 1808
I now communicate, confidentially, such supplementary portions of the same correspondences as I deem improper for publication, yet necessary to convey to Congress full information on a subject of their deliberations so interesting to our country.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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