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In all respects except as herein specified the existing blockade remains in full force and effect as hitherto established and maintained, nor is it relaxed by this proclamation except in regard to the port to which relaxation is or has been expressly applied.

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Proclamation 110—Raising the Blockade of Brownsville, Texas

02/17/1864

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