08/14/1864
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"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends."
"Commander David D. Porter to be a captain in the Navy on the active list from the 7th February, 1863."
"I do therefore nominate Captain Stephen C. Rowan to be a commodore in the Navy on the active list from the 7th February, 1863."
"I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to its ratification, an additional article to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the 7th of April, 1862, for the suppress..."