The Government is in no default and should be put to no expense in refunding the small sum recovered on account of the defalcation of its officer whose good conduct this beneficiary guaranteed.
Grover Cleveland: “The Government is in no default and should be put to no expense in refunding the small sum recovered on account of the…”
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