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Teddy Roosevelt: “By virtue of the authority in me vested, and in pursuance of said Act of the Congress, approved July 1, 1902, do hereby…”

On the recordJune 25, 1903
By virtue of the authority in me vested, and in pursuance of said Act of the Congress, approved July 1, 1902, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the following described lands be, and the same are hereby, reserved for naval purposes, to wit
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 502—Reservation of Lands in Puerto Rico for Naval Purposes

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