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On the recordDecember 11, 1792
I do moreover offer a reward of $500 for each and every of the above-named persons who shall be so apprehended and brought to justice.
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George Washington
Independent · Virginia

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Proclamation 3A—Offering Reward for the Capture of Participants in the Burning of a Georgia Cherokee Indian Town

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