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Andrew Jackson: “The law is defective in not embracing within its provisions all those who were during the last war disabled from…”

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The law is defective in not embracing within its provisions all those who were during the last war disabled from supporting themselves by manual labor.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson points out the shortcomings of the pension law in supporting disabled veterans from the last war.

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