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On the recordJuly 14, 1867
It is exceedingly difficult at the present time to estimate the probable expense of carrying into full effect the two acts of March last and the bill which passed the two Houses of Congress on the 13th instant.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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