I do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known that the Executive order of June 22, 1890, making said reservations of lands in the Territory of Alaska, therein particularly described, is hereby modified.
Proclamation 389—Exclusion of Greek Oriental Church Lands in Sitka, Alaska, From Withdrawal for Public Purposes
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