Rutherford Hayes actually said...

It is hereby ordered that the following described country, ... be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart...

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed

Whereas satisfactory evidence has been given to me by the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of China that no discriminating duties of to...

At no period in their history since the United States became a nation has this people had so abundant and so universal reasons for joy and g...