Tariff of 1828

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Media added.	Meg Matthias	Apr 18, 2025
	Corrected display issue.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Feb 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: Ohio Civil War Central - Tariff of 1828.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 16, 2023
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 17, 2023
	New article added.	Jeff Wallenfeldt Michele Metych	May 18, 2023