On the recordDecember 30, 1863
I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty made at the Old Crossing of Red Lake River, in the State of Minnesota, on the 2d day of October, 1863.
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presidency.ucsb.eduAbraham Lincoln: “I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty made at the Old Crossing of Red Lake…”
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