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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison by Benjamin Harrison
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3. The establishment at Washington of an international bureau of
information.

The conference also at its final session decided to establish
in the city of Washington, as a fitting memorial of its meeting, a
Latin-American library, to be formed by contributions from the several
nations, of historical, geographical, and literary works, maps,
manuscripts, and official documents relating to the history and
civilization of America, and expressed a desire that the Government of
the United States should provide a suitable building for the shelter
of such a library, to be solemnly dedicated upon the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America.

The importance of these suggestions is fully set forth in the letter
of the Secretary of State and the accompanying documents, herewith
transmitted, to which I invite your attention.

BENJ. HARRISON.



EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 6, 1890_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 26th of May,
requesting me to "communicate to the Senate such information as may
be in possession of the executive department relating to the alleged
landing of an armed force from the United States revenue cutter _McLane_
at Cedar Keys, Fla., and the alleged entry of houses of citizens by
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