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Rutherford B. Hayes: “I express, I believe, the general judgment of the Country, as well as my own, in assigning to this exhibition a measure…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1879
I express, I believe, the general judgment of the Country, as well as my own, in assigning to this exhibition a measure of success gratifying to the pride and patriotism of our people and full of promise to the great industrial and commercial interests of the nation.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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