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Millard Fillmore: “I have issued this my proclamation, calling on all well-disposed citizens to rally to the support of the laws of their…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 1851
I have issued this my proclamation, calling on all well-disposed citizens to rally to the support of the laws of their country
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Millard Fillmore
Whig · New York

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 56—Calling On Citizens to Assist in the Recapture of a Fugitive Slave Arrested in Boston, Massachusetts

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