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Letter to Richard A. Ballinger Accepting His Resignation as Secretary of the Interior

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Feb 13, 1912

Now, Therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress and the joint resolution of Congress herein named, declare and proclaim the fact that the…

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