On the recordJuly 3, 1862
Herewith is the draft of the bill to compensate any State which may abolish slavery within its limits, the passage of which, substantially as presented, I respectfully and earnestly recommend.
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Message to Congress Proposing an Act of Compensated Emancipation
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