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Excerpt from Report of Hon. J. G. Cannon, of Illinois, From the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, Made to the United States House of Representatives March 1, 1878: Against a Bill Reported by the Majority of Said Committee to Grant a Subsidy Aggregating $3, 130, 000 in Aid of a Line of Steamships From New York and New Orleans to Rio De Janeiro in Brazil
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