One of her earliest acts of patriotism as an independent State was the cession to the General Government of her superb domain on the north side of the Ohio River, from the sale of which more than one hundred millions of dollars have been paid into the National Treasury.
Blaine highlights Virginia's early contributions to the National Government through land cessions.
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