Jan 10, 1878
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d ultimo, requesting to be furnished with the correspondence between the Government of Venezuela and that of the United States had since the adjournment of the first…
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Ohio and became known for his strong stance against slavery as a lawyer and abolitionist. His presidency marked the end of Reconstruction, a significant period in American history following the Civil War, and he is often associated with the beginning of the Gilded Age, a time of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the United States.
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Dec 30, 1877
By virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 5287 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and in execution of the same, you are hereby empowered and directed to take possession of the steamer Estelle, now or lately lying…
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