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Teddy Roosevelt: “It appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.”

On the recordApril 15, 1902
It appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 471—Establishing the Dismal River Forest Reserve

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