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Abraham Lincoln: “It is now further ordered by the President,That the Attorney-General be charged with superintendence and direction of…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 1863
It is now further ordered by the President,That the Attorney-General be charged with superintendence and direction of all proceedings to be had under the said last-mentioned act (the act of 1861) as fully in all respects as under the first-mentioned act (the act of 1862).
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order

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