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Grover Cleveland: “To the House of Representatives: In response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th of March…”

On the recordMarch 31, 1886
To the House of Representatives: In response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th of March, relative to the employment of substitutes in the Department of State, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State on the subject.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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