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On the recordDecember 6, 1864
To the Senate of the United States: In answer to the Senate's resolution of yesterday, requesting information in regard to aid furnished to the rebellion by British subjects, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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