Special Message
04/17/1868
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For the purpose of regulating the citizenship of those persons who emigrate from the Confederation to this country and f...
Copies of the letters which they have addressed to me upon the subject are accordingly herewith inclosed.
The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned author...
In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo, relating to the report of Mr. Cowdin, I tr...