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December 12, 1839
Martin van Buren
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for promotion and appointment in the Army to the several grades annexed to their names, as proposed by the Secretary of War.
M. VAN BUREN.
WAR DEPARTMENT, December 11, 1819 .
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
SIR: In submitting the accompanying...
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