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Abraham Lincoln: “Ordered. That the Executive order of November 21, 1862, prohibiting the exportation of arms, ammunition, or munitions of…”

On the recordAugust 30, 1863
Ordered. That the Executive order of November 21, 1862, prohibiting the exportation of arms, ammunition, or munitions of war from the United States, be, and the same hereby is. modified so far as to permit the exportation of imported arms, ammunition, and munitions of war to the ports whence they were shipped for the United States
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order

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