Proclamation 426—Thanksgiving Day, 1898
10/27/1898
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Sectionalism has disappeared.
The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with it the guaranties of permanence.
In his death the country has been deprived of one of its greatest citizens.
That the lands hereby restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from date hereof, but shall not be subje...