Messages and Papers 
THE PRESIDENTS 
A HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY WRITTEN BY OUR PRESIDENTS 
Edited by 
THE HON. JAMES D, RICHARDSON 
Under the Direction of Congress. 
: sole ge i at : com Addresses, 
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a private publisher were to undertake to publish such a work, even if he could gain access to the government r cords, it 
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