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Grover Cleveland: The necessity to the Government of a proper place to hold its courts is the only consideration which should have any…

On the recordJuly 9, 1886
The necessity to the Government of a proper place to hold its courts is the only consideration which should have any weight in determining upon the propriety of expending the money which will be necessary to erect the proposed new building.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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