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It is not in the public interest that the papers should become the possession of the public.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “It is not in the public interest that the papers should become the possession of the public.”
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Boutwell asserts that certain papers should not be made public, suggesting concerns about public interest and information control.
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