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On the recordJuly 4, 1886
His disability from army service should be conceded and his death at some time and in some manner may well be presumed; but the fact that he died from any cause related to his disability or his service in the Army has no presumption and not a single particle of proof to rest upon.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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