10/31/1888
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"The fact of this payment and important information bearing upon the validity of some of the other claims mentioned in the bill could have been easily obtained by application to the Third Auditor."
"This is not a pleasant recital, and as against the widow I should be glad to avoid its effect."
"the cause of his death, it seems to me, can not possibly upon any reasonable theory be attributable to any incident of his military service."
"I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1584, entitled 'An act for the relief of Mrs. Aurelia C. Richardson.'"