On the recordFebruary 25, 1889
This increased disability appears plainly to be the result of the strain or injury to the knee, and in no way connected with the bite for which he was pensioned.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGrover Cleveland: “This increased disability appears plainly to be the result of the strain or injury to the knee, and in no way connected…”
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