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Abraham Lincoln: “Ordered, That no clearances for the exportation of hay from the United States be granted until further orders, unless…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1865
Ordered, That no clearances for the exportation of hay from the United States be granted until further orders, unless the same shall have been placed on shipboard before the publication hereof.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order

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