Executive Order
07/03/1863
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I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Be pleased to signify this to the respective Houses of Congress.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Allow the bearer, F. P. Blair, sr., to pass our lines, go South, and return.