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Abraham Lincoln: “The President directs that from and after this date the order above referred to requiring passports shall be modified…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1865
The President directs that from and after this date the order above referred to requiring passports shall be modified, and so much thereof as relates to persons entering this country from Canada shall be rescinded, saving and reserving the order in all other respects in full force
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order

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