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On the recordMarch 11, 1863
I herewith transmit to the Senate, for its consideration and ratification, a treaty with the chiefs and headmen of the Chippewas of the Mississippi and the Pillagers and Lake Winnibigoshish bands of Chippewa Indians.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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