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Thomas Jefferson: “I now lay before you the treaty mentioned in my general message at the opening of the session as having been concluded…”

On the recordOctober 30, 1803
I now lay before you the treaty mentioned in my general message at the opening of the session as having been concluded with the Kaskaskia Indians for the transfer of their country to us under certain reservations and conditions.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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