05/31/1886
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"I think the action of the Bureau was correct."
"I am satisfied that this case was properly disposed of by the Pension Bureau."
"The death of the son of the beneficiary is far from being satisfactorily established."
"I can not spell out any principle upon which the bounty of the Government is bestowed through the instrumentality of the flood of private pension bills that reach me."