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Grover Cleveland: The name of the beneficiary is already upon the pension roll, and she is now entitled to receive precisely the sum as a…

On the recordJuly 15, 1888
The name of the beneficiary is already upon the pension roll, and she is now entitled to receive precisely the sum as a pensioner which is allowed her under this bill.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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