of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, decl...
The expediency of any legislation on the subject is submitted for your consideration.
The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.
the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...
of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...
while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...
Let nothing which is transpiring change, hinder, or delay your military movements or plans.
Your having shown me Mr. Davis's letter to you of the 12th instant, you may say to him that I have constantly been, am n...
Allow the bearer, F. P. Blair, sr., to pass our lines, go South, and return.
Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, requesting information concerning recent conversations or ...
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...
Be pleased to signify this to the respective Houses of Congress.
In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
The expediency of sanctioning the acceptance of the gift is submitted to your consideration.
