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------. Contested election case. Patterson vs. Carmack. Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1898.
------. Patriotism and cheese. Speech of Hon, John M. Allen, of Mississippi in the House of Representatives ... June 29, 1898.
------. Pension appropriation bill. Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1897.
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