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Grover Cleveland: “Thursday, the 3d of September, being the anniversary of the signing of the treaty of peace at Paris by which the…”

On the recordMay 10, 1886
Thursday, the 3d of September, being the anniversary of the signing of the treaty of peace at Paris by which the independence of these United States was recognized and secured, has been suggested by this committee as an appropriate day for the ceremonies of inauguration.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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