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On the recordFebruary 27, 1863
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 26th instant. requesting a copy of any correspondence which may have taken place between me and workingmen in England, I transmit the papers mentioned in the subjoined list.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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