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Dec 9, 1864

Said special commissioners shall also investigate and report upon any other matters that may hereafter be directed by the Secretary of War, and shall with all convenient dispatch make report to him in writing of their investigation, and shall also from time to time make special reports to the Secretary of War upon such matters as they may deem of importance to the public interests.

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Jan 31, 1865

He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.

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Dec 12, 1864

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Honduras, signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Comayagua on the 4th of July (1864) last.

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