Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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Ordered, That no clearances for the exportation of hay from the United States be granted until further orders, unless th...
He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...