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On the recordJune 11, 1890
A general proposition to erect public buildings at this scale of expense in cities of the size of Tuscaloosa would not, I am sure, receive the sanction of Congress.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval a Bill to Provide for the Purchase of a Site and the...

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