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Abraham Lincoln: “Complaint is made to me, by Vermont, that the assignment of her quota for the draft on the pending call is intrinsically…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 1865
Complaint is made to me, by Vermont, that the assignment of her quota for the draft on the pending call is intrinsically unjust, and also in bad faith of the Government's promise to fairly allow credits for men previously furnished.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Message to Governor Smith of Vermont

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