Special Message
01/23/1862
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Complaint is made to me, by Vermont, that the assignment of her quota for the draft on the pending call is intrinsically...
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The expediency of sanctioning the acceptance of the gift is submitted to your consideration.
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...