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On the recordJanuary 6, 1910
I should be glad to regard what has happened only as a personal reflection, so that I could pass it over and take no official cognizance of it.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Letter to Chief of the United States Forest Service Gifford Pinchot Notifying Him of His Dismissal from Office

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