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On the recordFebruary 8, 1886
I do hereby command and warn all insurgents and all persons who have assembled at any point within the said Territory of Washington for the unlawful purposes aforesaid to desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th day of February instant.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 275—Intent to use Force Against Unlawful Assemblages in the Territory of Washington

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