dec 4, 1833 - Pocket vetoes “Act to appropriate for a limited time the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States and for granting lands to certain states.” But nonetheless issues a lengthy Veto Message. “The bill before me begins with an entire subversion of every one of the compacts by which the United States became possessed of their Western domain, and treats the subject as if they never had existence. . . “
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dec 4, 1833
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~ 191 years ago