Special Message
12/04/1864
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To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.
Your having shown me Mr. Davis's letter to you of the 12th instant, you may say to him that I have constantly been, am n...
In answer to the Senate's resolution of the 6th instant, requesting the return of a certain joint resolution, I transmit...
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...