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On the recordAugust 15, 1861
leaving any party who may think himself aggrieved thereby to his application to the Secretary of the Treasury for the remission of any penalty or forfeiture, which the said Secretary is authorized by law to grant if in his judgment the special circumstances of any case shall require such remission
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Proclamation 86—Prohibiting Commercial Trade with States in Rebellion

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