Public Documents.The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress.Volume V.December 2,1839.In Eight Volumes.Containing Documents from No.197 to No.278. |
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| Title | Public Documents.The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress.Volume V.December 2,1839.In Eight Volumes.Containing Documents from No.197 to No.278. |
| Author | The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress. |
| Published | 1840 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2006 |
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