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The Robbery At The White House

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
October
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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Theie is an alleged doctor living on SOUtb Green street, Chicago, vvho has addressed a very modest petition to the "Editor of the Congressional Globe." He says a dispute has sprung up between "me and two other doctors" as to the shipment away from the White House of largo quantiües of furnilure immediately af ter Mr. Lincoln's assassinalion, and that the White House was so denuded of effects that corgress bad to buy $60,000 worth of f nriiiture for n. beforo Andrew Johnson oould move in. This Soulh Greeu street doctor asks tin1 eiiftor of the Congressional Globe which bas not been publisherl for several year?, and uever luid au editor, for. 'like the Record, it pwnted everything the pongresalonal reporters seDt to it- to wad u p h is files for 1865 and subseqnentyears and send "me and two other "doctors a full account of the wholo thing and all that congress chd about it." Aftcr eoncluding liis letter he adds this pistscript: "Sir. now in strietconüdenee, please lo seud me the above information, and, God bless vou, as fuL and plain as yon can." Tailor-made puitó BUUlö ir. very dark sage green, purplish red. dahlia 8MMW&, gray, golden brown. royal, electrio. sap'phire aml navy blue, B'ilgravia and Q-rosvenor suitings and bUvck cheviot and Lucknow serges. Jackets, mautles, dolaians, vi.ites, a,nd civcles, smill capes, and scarfa make up the varied imporiatioos of fall and winter rmenta.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News