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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · June 28, 1809 · Chapter XIV

Chapter XIV. *freeing from postage all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson.* June 28, 1809. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the

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Chap. XIV.— An Act *freeing from postage all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson.* June 28, 1809. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson be received and conveyed by post free of postage. That all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson, late President of the United States, during his life, shall be received and conveyed by post, free of postage. Approved, June 28, 1809.
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