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Rutherford B. Hayes: “The very ample and generous contributions which the foreign nations made to the splendor and usefulness of the…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1879
The very ample and generous contributions which the foreign nations made to the splendor and usefulness of the exhibition and the cordiality with which their representatives took part in our national commemoration deserve our profound acknowledgments.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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