The President's Last Public Address
04/10/1865
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He disclaims all right of the Executive to interfere in any way in the matter of canvassing or counting electoral votes.
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
Now, in order to determine all controversies in respect thereto and to avoid any delay in filling up the armies, it is o...
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.