Executive Order
12/08/1898
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The sum of six thousand dollars is hereby allotted and set apart from the appropriation made for the benefit and Governm...
It is hereby ordered that the unsurveyed portion of Eliza Island and Billingham Bay in section five (5), township thirty...
I did all that in honor could be done to avert the war, but without avail.
We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditur...