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On the recordJanuary 5, 1880
It is hereby ordered that the following-described country lying within the boundaries of the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, viz: ... be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as an addition to the present Navajo Reservation in said Territories.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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Executive Order—Withdrawing Navajo Territories

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