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Grover Cleveland: “If such proof is supplied, she would be entitled to a pension dating from July 14, 1890, which would be much more…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1895
If such proof is supplied, she would be entitled to a pension dating from July 14, 1890, which would be much more advantageous than the relief afforded by the bill herewith returned.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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