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Browning, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881 Letter of the Secretary of the Interior

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03776.10 Author/Creator: Browning, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881 Place Written: [Washington] Type: Pamphlet Date: 1869 Pagination: 4p ; 22.7 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

40th Congress 3rd Session Ex. Doc No 31 House of representatives (3rd Copy)

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850

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