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Andrew Jackson: “To execute and carry into effect this proclamation I do hereby authorize the employment of such military force as may be…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1831
To execute and carry into effect this proclamation I do hereby authorize the employment of such military force as may be necessary pursuant to the act of Congress aforesaid,
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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Proclamation 42—Ordering Persons to Remove From Public Lands in Arkansas

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