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Ben Harrison: I am advised by the Attorney-General that under the Indian-depredations act 8,000 cases, involving an aggregate of…

On the recordJuly 18, 1892
I am advised by the Attorney-General that under the Indian-depredations act 8,000 cases, involving an aggregate of damages claimed of about $30,000,000, have already been filed.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval 'An Act to Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act to Establish Circuit...'

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