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The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it could not with its own citizens ever have taken possession.

William H. Wharton

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William H. Wharton
Age: 36 †
Born: 1802
Born: April 27
Died: 1839
Died: March 14
Diplomat
Politician
Virginia
United States
William Wharton
William Harris Wharton
Never
Wilderness
Granted
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Citizens
Land
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Situated
Government
Lands
Ever
Savages

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