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On the recordApril 15, 1863
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby authorize the Secretary of State to cancel my signature to the instrument aforesaid.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Proclamation 99—Repudiation of an Agreement with Bernard Kock

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