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Grover Cleveland: “To give the least encouragement to postmasters that these allowances would be upon their application revised and…”

On the recordAugust 26, 1888
To give the least encouragement to postmasters that these allowances would be upon their application revised and increased by Congress would lead to demoralization in the service.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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