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Andrew Jackson: “To be instrumental in terminating the evils of civil war and in substituting in their stead the blessings of peace is a…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1837
To be instrumental in terminating the evils of civil war and in substituting in their stead the blessings of peace is a divine privilege.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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