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Ben Harrison: “It is not important, perhaps, that the United States should in parting with these lands realize their value, but it is…”

On the recordJune 16, 1890
It is not important, perhaps, that the United States should in parting with these lands realize their value, but it is essential, I think, that favoritism should have no part in connection with the sales.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval a Bill to Change the Boundaries of the Uncompahgre Reservation

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