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On the recordAugust 24, 1863
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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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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