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On the recordJanuary 25, 1864
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States having seen and considered the additional regulations of trade prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and numbered LI, LII, LIII, LIV, LV, and LVI, do hereby approve the same;
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order—Approving Trade Regulations

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