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Abraham Lincoln: “In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 13th of March last, requesting a copy of the…”

On the recordDecember 8, 1862
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 13th of March last, requesting a copy of the correspondence relative to the attempted seizure of Mr. Fauchet by the commander of the Africa within the waters of the United States, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
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Abraham Lincoln
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