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Andrew Jackson: “In order to prevent any abuse of the power granted to the chiefs in the fifth article of the treaty, I recommend the…”

On the recordApril 26, 1836
In order to prevent any abuse of the power granted to the chiefs in the fifth article of the treaty, I recommend the adoption of the suggestion contained in the accompanying letter of the Secretary of War
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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