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FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION SHOWN TO THE CABINET

JULY 22, 1862...

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From the original MS.

FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPT OF THE PRELIMINARY PROC-
LAMATION OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1862

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SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN-FIRST AND LAST POSITIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. VI

CHAPTER I. POPE'S VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN
John Pope Appointed to Command the Army of
Virginia. The President Visits General Scott. Hal-
leck as General-in-Chief. Pope's Address to His
Army. Lee Moves Against Pope. Stonewall Jack-
son's Flank March. The Second Battle of Bull Run.
The Case of Fitz-John Porter. Hermann Haupt's Ser-
vice. McClellan's Slowness in Forwarding Troops to
Pope. The President Restores McClellan to Com-
mand.
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Mexico under Juarez. Financial and Diplomatic
Troubles. Schemes of Napoleon III. The Tripartite
Convention of October 31, 1861. The United States
Decline to Join It. Mexico Invaded. Spain and Eng-
land Withdraw. France Prosecutes the War Alone.
Attitude of the United States

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Alleged Violations of Neutrality. Case of the Oreto.
Departure of the Alabama from Liverpool. Discus-
sions Between Charles Francis Adams and Lord Rus-
sell. Treaty for Suppressing the Slave-trade. The
Attitude of Napoleon III. His First Proposals for
Mediation. England and Russia Decline to Join Him.
Change of Opinion in the British Cabinet

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