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On the recordJuly 1, 1862
My reason for so doing is that I have approved an act of the same title passed by Congress after the passage of the one first mentioned for the express purpose of correcting errors in and superseding the same, as I am informed.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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