That vessels and domestic produce from New Orleans permitted by the military governor of Louisiana at New Orleans for the military purpose of his department shall on his permit be allowed to pass from said port to its destination to any port not blockaded by the United States
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With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indicated.
Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.
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