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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Oct 28, 1878

It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of Arizona lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at the northwest corner of the Navajo Indian Reservation, on the boundary line between the…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Oct 6, 1878

I do hereby admonish all good citizens of the United States, and especially of the Territory of New Mexico, against aiding, countenancing, abetting, or taking part in any such unlawful proceedings.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Oct 6, 1878

By reason of unlawful combinations and assemblages of persons in arms, it has become impracticable to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States within the Territory of New Mexico.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Oct 6, 1878

I do hereby warn all persons engaged in or connected with said obstruction of the laws to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before noon of the 13th day of October instant.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Aug 2, 1878

It is hereby ordered that all of that portion of the Tule River Indian Reservation in California lying within the following boundary, be, and the same hereby is, restored to the public domain.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Jun 16, 1878

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 27th of May ultimo, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Jun 14, 1878

To the House of Representatives: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the board for testing iron, steel, and other metals, as requested in the resolution of the House of Representatives dated April 27, 1878.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Jun 11, 1878

I respectfully recommend that an adequate appropriation be made for certain expenses of the conference and of the commissioners attending the same on behalf of the United States.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Jun 10, 1878

In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th May ultimo, I transmit the response of the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of the papers called for by the resolution.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 29, 1878

They believed that our institutions were equal to any emergency, and that they ought to be maintained at the cost of property or of life.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 29, 1878

If our assembling In this place shall fitly honor those whom we wish remembered with gratitude, it will be because, beholding these scenes and contemplating the example of the heroes who made Gettysburg illustrious, we shall be able to…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 29, 1878

The honored dead who fought and perished will, therefore, be held in special and grateful remembrance.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 29, 1878

The battle of Gettysburg will probably always be regarded as the battle which did more than any other to determine the result of the great civil war in the United States.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 26, 1878

I am directed by the President to say that the several Departments of the Government will be closed on Thursday, the 30th instant, in respect to the memory of those who fell in defense of the Union, and to enable the employees to…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 24, 1878

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to its ratification, a consular convention between the United States and the Netherlands, signed on the 23d instant.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 13, 1878

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 29th ultimo, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its accompanying papers.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 9, 1878

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention defining the rights, immunities, and privileges of consular officers, between the United States and His Majesty the King of Italy, signed on the 8th…

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