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Andrew Jackson: “I am satisfied that under all the circumstances of the case a mitigation of his sentence can be justified on both public…”

On the recordApril 5, 1832
I am satisfied that under all the circumstances of the case a mitigation of his sentence can be justified on both public and personal grounds.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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