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Abraham Lincoln: “A letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 10th instant is also Transmitted, suggesting amendments to the…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1862
A letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 10th instant is also Transmitted, suggesting amendments to the treaty for the consideration of the Senate.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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