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Thomas Jefferson: “Hereby commanding such insurgents and all concerned in such combination instantly and without delay to disperse and…”

On the recordApril 18, 1808
Hereby commanding such insurgents and all concerned in such combination instantly and without delay to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Proclamation 15—Warning All Persons on Lake Champlain and Adjacent County to Cease Violence and Disperse

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