On the recordDecember 2, 1862
The obligation of this Government to make amends therefor could not be questioned if the injury resulted from any fault on the part of the San Jacinto.
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Message to Congress Requesting Funds to Compensate the Owners of the Jules et Marie
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These three thousand five hundred and two thousand five hundred make precisely six thousand, which the supposed case requires from the two States, and it is just equal for Vermont to furnish one thousand more now than New Hampshire.
Feb 8, 1865
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the duty required under the most favorable circumstances, and now rendered doubly difficult by existing national perils…
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