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Thomas Jefferson: “Governor Claiborne, being duly invested with the powers heretofore exercised by the governor and intendant of Louisiana…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 1804
Governor Claiborne, being duly invested with the powers heretofore exercised by the governor and intendant of Louisiana, assumed the government on the same day, and for the maintenance of law and order immediately issued the proclamation and address now communicated.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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