On the recordDecember 1, 1862
As part of one nation, its people now find, and may for ever find, their way to Europe by New York, to South America and Africa by New Orleans, and to Asia by San Francisco.
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In his annual message, Lincoln illustrated how the unified nation provided essential global trade routes for its interior population.
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