Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep ...
He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.
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Your having shown me Mr. Davis's letter to you of the 12th instant, you may say to him that I have constantly been, am n...