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FDR: “The limits of the customs port of entry of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Customs Collection District No. 11…”

On the recordMarch 14, 1938
The limits of the customs port of entry of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Customs Collection District No. 11 (Philadelphia), are hereby extended to include the following territory.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 7840—Extending the Limits of the Port of Entry of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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