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On the recordJune 22, 1886
I am convinced that the Pension Bureau acted upon entirely satisfactory evidence when this claim was rejected upon the ground that the cause of death originated subsequent to the soldier's discharge.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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