Abraham Lincoln actually said...

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting 'a copy of any correspondence on the records or files of the Department of State in regard to railway systems in Europe,' I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers by which it was accompanied.

03/12/1862

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