01/17/1889
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"It is hereby further ordered that the following-described lands... be, and the same are hereby, restored to the public domain."
"It is entirely certain that the special act now presented to me would give the claimant no new rights or additional benefits."
"I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 2173, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Benjamin Obekiah.'"
"To the Senate of the United States: In response to the resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, calling for certain correspondence touching the construction of a ship canal through Nicaragua, I tr..."