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Andrew Jackson: “Although the pestilence which had traversed the Old World has entered our limits and extended its ravages over much of…”

On the recordDecember 3, 1832
Although the pestilence which had traversed the Old World has entered our limits and extended its ravages over much of our land, it has pleased Almighty God to mitigate its severity and lessen the number of its victims compared with those who have fallen in most other countries over which it has spread its terrors.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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