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Grover Cleveland: It seems absolutely certain that within a few years a great volume of shipping will extend to that location, which would…

On the recordJanuary 19, 1894
It seems absolutely certain that within a few years a great volume of shipping will extend to that location, which would be seriously embarrassed by such obstruction.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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