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The Public Statutes at Large
Credit: Library of Congress
Original Author: Richard Peters
Created: 1845
Medium: Book

The Public Statutes at Large, Volume 1, Page 305

Richard Peters, ed., The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 (Boston: Charles S. Little and James Brown, 1845), 1:305.

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