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Grover Cleveland: I think it may be said that at the close of the War of the Rebellion every Northern State and a great majority of…

On the recordFebruary 10, 1887
I think it may be said that at the close of the War of the Rebellion every Northern State and a great majority of Northern counties and cities were burdened with taxation on account of the large bounties paid our soldiers.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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