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Woodrow Wilson: preference will be given the prior legal applicant, notwithstanding such unlawful settlement or occupancy

On the recordApril 2, 1916
preference will be given the prior legal applicant, notwithstanding such unlawful settlement or occupancy
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 1330—Modfying the Boundaries of the Alamo National Forest, New Mexico

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