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Manifest Destiny Quotes
[…]shall, from and after the first January, eighteen hundred and. sixty-three, be entitled to enter one quarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated public lands[…] (Section 1)
Equality Quotes
That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become...
Perseverance Quotes
[…] That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry […] (Section 2)