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On the recordApril 6, 1864
To the House of Representatives:I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, in relation to Major N. H. McLean.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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