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Dec 6, 1864

To the Senate of the United States: In answer to the Senate's resolution of yesterday, requesting information in regard to aid furnished to the rebellion by British subjects, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the…

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Jan 31, 1865

But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.

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Jan 31, 1865

He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.

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Dec 9, 1864

Ordered, first. That Major-General William F. Smith and the Hon. Henry Stanbery be, and they are hereby, appointed special commissioners to investigate and report, for the information of the President, upon the civil and military…

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