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Grover Cleveland: I think the circumstances here presented, especially the fact of nonresidence by the son with his mother since her…

On the recordAugust 3, 1886
I think the circumstances here presented, especially the fact of nonresidence by the son with his mother since her second marriage, do not call for a departure from the law governing claims based upon dependence.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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