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Ben Harrison: “The brave and intelligent founders of our early civil communities are worthy of honor; and this generation will derive…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1892
The brave and intelligent founders of our early civil communities are worthy of honor; and this generation will derive profit from a study of the influences and principles from which have grown our civil government and our great increase and development as a nation.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Letter to Edward Johnson on the 250th Anniversary of Woburn, Massachusetts

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