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On the recordApril 26, 1892
I am glad to see here what seems to me to be adequate assurance that this work, so nobly started upon, will be speedily consummated.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Remarks at the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for the Grant National Monument in Riverside Park, New York

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