Abraham Lincoln said "and all cotton, tobacco, and other products, and all other goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, coming from any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, into other parts of the United States, or proceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, without the license and permission of the President, through the Secretary of the Treasury, will, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, be forfeited to the United States" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 1, 1863

and all cotton, tobacco, and other products, and all other goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, coming from any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, into other parts of the United States, or proceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, without the license and permission of the President, through the Secretary of the Treasury, will, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, be forfeited to the United States

Said by

Abraham Lincoln

Republican · Illinois

Source

presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 98—Suspension of Commercial Trade with Certain States in Rebellion

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