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On the recordDecember 23, 1890
The public needs do not justify the contemplated expenditure of $75,000 for the erection of a public building at Bar Harbor.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval a Bill to Provide for the Purchase of a Site and the Erection of a Public...

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