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Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) [Presidential authority to affix the seal to the release of George Gausman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00076.02 Author/Creator: Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 27 December 1838 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Authority given to Secretary of State John Forsyth.

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
Gausman, George, fl. 1838

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