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On the recordNovember 27, 1885
It is hereby ordered,That the Department of Agriculture, the Government Printing Office, and all other Government offices in the District of Columbia be closed on Tuesday, December 1, 1885, the day of the funeral of the late Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-President of the United States.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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