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The extraordinary receipts from the sales of the public lands invite you to consider what improvements the land system, and particularly the condition of the General Land Office, may require.
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gutenberg.orgAndrew Jackson: “The extraordinary receipts from the sales of the public lands invite you to consider what improvements the land system…”
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Jackson invites Congress to consider improvements needed in the land system due to increased public land sales.
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