Historical records found in Capitol. The finished bill of 1812 declaring a state of war existing between the United States and Great Britain after it was returned from the Senate to the House as a 'Confidential Bill' and changed to read 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the depe
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- Date
- 1939
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 7,968 × 10,013 pixels
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