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On the recordJuly 3, 1902
it is deemed to be wise and humane, in accordance with the beneficent purposes of the government of the United States toward the Filipino people, and conducive to peace, order and loyalty among them, that the doers of such acts who have not already suffered punishment shall not be held criminally responsible, but shall be relieved from punishment for participation in these insurrections and for unlawful acts committed during the course thereof by a general amnesty and pardon;
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 483—Granting Pardon and Amnesty to Participants in Insurrection in the Philippines

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