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I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and make known to all whom it may concern that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended throughout the United States in the several cases before mentioned.

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Proclamation 104—Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus Throughout the United States

09/14/1863

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