Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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With malice toward none, with charity for all.
The expediency of sanctioning the acceptance of the gift is submitted to your consideration.
Sherman went in at Atlanta and came out right.
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, decl...