The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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It is believed that these steamers are worth more than their cost , and they are all now usefully and actively employed in the naval service . The appearance of so large a force , fitted out in such a prompt man- ner , in the far ...
It is believed that these steamers are worth more than their cost , and they are all now usefully and actively employed in the naval service . The appearance of so large a force , fitted out in such a prompt man- ner , in the far ...
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I venture to assert that the additional cost of transporting troops , munitions of war , and necessary supplies for the army across the vast intervening plains to our possessions on the Pacific coast would be greater in such a war than ...
I venture to assert that the additional cost of transporting troops , munitions of war , and necessary supplies for the army across the vast intervening plains to our possessions on the Pacific coast would be greater in such a war than ...
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... against $ 5,235,677 15 for the year ending 30th June , 1858. The increased cost of transportation , growing out of the expansion of the service required by Congress , explains this rapid augmentation of the expenditures .
... against $ 5,235,677 15 for the year ending 30th June , 1858. The increased cost of transportation , growing out of the expansion of the service required by Congress , explains this rapid augmentation of the expenditures .
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... against $ 5,235,677 15 for the year ending 30th June , 1858. The increased cost of transportation , growing out of the expansion of the service required by Congress , explains this rapid augmentation of the expenditures .
... against $ 5,235,677 15 for the year ending 30th June , 1858. The increased cost of transportation , growing out of the expansion of the service required by Congress , explains this rapid augmentation of the expenditures .
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They cannot close the long line of coast where it is most active , and the success which has attended these efforts of prevention bears a very unequal proportion to the expenditure of life and treasure they have cost .
They cannot close the long line of coast where it is most active , and the success which has attended these efforts of prevention bears a very unequal proportion to the expenditure of life and treasure they have cost .
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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