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Ben Harrison: “I recommend that the necessary appropriations to complete the surveys and allotments be made at once available, so that…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1890
I recommend that the necessary appropriations to complete the surveys and allotments be made at once available, so that the work may be begun and completed at the earliest possible day.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to Congress Reporting on the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota

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