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Thomas Jefferson: “I now render to Congress the account of the fund established for defraying the contingent expenses of Government for the…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1809
I now render to Congress the account of the fund established for defraying the contingent expenses of Government for the year 1808.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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