Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Commander David D. Porter to be a captain in the Navy on the active list from the 7th February, 1863.

I do therefore nominate Captain Stephen C. Rowan to be a commodore in the Navy on the active list from the 7th February, 1863.

I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to its ratification, an additional article to the treaty between the United States a...

I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty made and concluded on the 3d day of February, 1863, betwe...