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Page 145 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
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| Title | A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 2 A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Tobias Watkins Selected Americana |
| Author | Paul Allen |
| Publisher | F. Betts, 1822 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Mar 2006 |
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