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On the recordFebruary 9, 1865
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Message to the House of Representatives Containing a Chronologic Review of Peace Proposals

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