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Grover Cleveland: It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, viz, all those…

On the recordApril 23, 1886
It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, viz, all those portions of townships 29 north, ranges 14, 15, and 16 west of the New Mexico principal meridian, south of the San Juan River, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as an addition to the Navajo Indian Reservation.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order—Adding Land to Navajo Reservation

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