Letter : Washington, D.C., to Col[onel] B[enjamin] H[enry] Grierson, Santa Fe, N.M., 1887 Dec. 22.

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Letter : Washington, D.C., to Col[onel] B[enjamin] H[enry] Grierson, Santa Fe, N.M., 1887 Dec. 22.

Asks for suggestions to reform the U.S. pension system.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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