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Millard Fillmore: “Such an act of mercy, which restored many misguided and unfortunate youth of this country to their parents and friends…”

On the recordJune 13, 1852
Such an act of mercy, which restored many misguided and unfortunate youth of this country to their parents and friends, seems to me to merit some corresponding act of magnanimity and generosity on the part of the Government of this country.
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Millard Fillmore
Whig · New York

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