Writings of John Quincy Adams, Volume 3Macmillan, 1914 |
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... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate a return of the number of American seamen impressed or detained by British armed vessels , whose names have been reported to the Department of State since the last ...
... the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate a return of the number of American seamen impressed or detained by British armed vessels , whose names have been reported to the Department of State since the last ...
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