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Teddy Roosevelt: “Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section…”

On the recordMarch 28, 1904
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section six of said act of Congress of June 6, 1900, do hereby declare and make known that said land is hereby restored to the public domain, to be disposed of to said city, for park purposes under said act of Congress approved September 30, 1890.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 520—Restoring to the Public Domain Certain Lands Adjacent to the City of Lawton, Oklahoma Territory

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