Martin Van Buren, Department of State, Washington, D.C., to Gerard Chittocque Brandon :

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  Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook, New York, letter to William P. Van Ness, New York, New York :

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  Martin Van Buren, president des Etats Unis d'Amerique. A tous ceux qui les presentes, verront:

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  Image of a letter of safe conduct certificate signed by President Martin Van Buren and Secretary of State John Forsyth issued to captain Barzillai N. Fisher of the ship Equator; embossed United States seal at bottom left.

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