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The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Governor Brooks' speech to the Massachusetts Legislature highlighted political interests and war accounts, with $11,000 remitted by the War Department for certain items under existing laws.
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Massachusetts
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eleven thousand dollars have been remitted to him by the war department on account
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The Boston papers furnish the Speech of Governor Brooks. It is a dignified and patriotick performance, evincing an intimate acquaintance with the nature of our political interests and the means by which they are promoted. Governor Brooks informs the Legislature that a few items of the war account, as exhibited by the Massachusetts' Commissioners against the United States, were considered by the Executive as coming within the purview of existing laws