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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is hereby ordered that two small islands of the Pribilof group, located approximately in latitude fifty-seven degrees…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1909
It is hereby ordered that two small islands of the Pribilof group, located approximately in latitude fifty-seven degrees north, longitude one hundred and seventy degrees west from Greenwich, be and same are hereby reserved.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 1044—Establishing the Pribilof Reservation, Alaska

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