Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Now I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, under the authority of said section, do allot the said associate justice, Stephen J....

Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of June, A. D. 1863, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy thereof and of the militia of...