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On the recordFebruary 4, 1864
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of yesterday on the subject of a reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Islands, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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