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Grover Cleveland: “I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the invitation from Her Britannic Majesty to…”

On the recordDecember 18, 1887
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the invitation from Her Britannic Majesty to this Government to participate in the international exhibition which is to be held at Melbourne in 1888 to celebrate the centenary of the rounding of New South Wales, the first Australian colony.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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