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On the recordMay 27, 1864
In reply to a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, relating to Mexican affairs, I transmit a partial report from the Secretary of State of this date, with the papers therein mentioned.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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