07/15/1888
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"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..."
"In the exercise of the power vested in the President by the Constitution."
"EXECUTIVE ORDER 254 is published for the information and guidance of all concerned."
"the usual emblems of mourning be adopted for thirty days."