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On the recordApril 17, 1975
I congratulate you as the ancestors of those people who had the strength and the foresight a good many years ago to take that important step in establishing our great country.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks on Arrival at the New Hampshire State Capitol in Concord

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