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Special Message

January 12, 1838

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War, explanatory of the causes which have prevented a compliance with a resolution* of that branch of Congress of February 24, 1837.

M. VAN BUREN.

* Relating to alleged frauds upon the Creek Indians in the sale and purchase of their lands, etc.

Martin van Buren, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201262

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