03/17/1886
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"Although the deceased soldier held a high rank, I have no doubt his widow will receive ample justice through the instrumentality organized for the purpose of dispensing the nation's grateful acknowled..."
"It is proposed by this bill to grant a pension to the person above named, who was discharged from the military service in December, 1864."
"I base my action upon the opinion, derived from an examination of the circumstances attending the death of the claimant's husband, that his fatal disease did not have its origin in his military servic..."
"I should be sorry to be a party to a scheme permitting him to profit by the death of his patriotic son."