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Grover Cleveland: The permission to purchase this addition at a price per foot greatly in excess of that already owned by the Government…

On the recordJune 4, 1888
The permission to purchase this addition at a price per foot greatly in excess of that already owned by the Government seems so unnecessary, except to benefit the owner, that I am of the opinion it should not be granted.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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