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... officers employed in the Quartermaster General's depart- ment and Corcoran's building . Letter from the Secretary of ... .. War , stating amount paid Illinois Central railroad for transportation by the United States . Letter from the ...
... officers employed in the Quartermaster General's depart- ment and Corcoran's building . Letter from the Secretary of ... .. War , stating amount paid Illinois Central railroad for transportation by the United States . Letter from the ...
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... officer in charge must at all times keep the key in his own possession . Officers may survey distilleries by night or by day , and may force entrance , if admittance is refused on demand . When any duties payable by a distiller shall ...
... officer in charge must at all times keep the key in his own possession . Officers may survey distilleries by night or by day , and may force entrance , if admittance is refused on demand . When any duties payable by a distiller shall ...
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... officers of this bureau , but good men everywhere will encourage and aid you . And God , the author of all good , will be your friend . Be true to him , and he will not fail to protect and bless you . E. WHITTLESEY , Colonel and ...
... officers of this bureau , but good men everywhere will encourage and aid you . And God , the author of all good , will be your friend . Be true to him , and he will not fail to protect and bless you . E. WHITTLESEY , Colonel and ...
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... officers and agents of this bureau , and teachers of freedmen , will publish as widely as possible the following instructions : I. In view of the fact that government aid now given to the destitute may soon be withdrawn , freedmen now ...
... officers and agents of this bureau , and teachers of freedmen , will publish as widely as possible the following instructions : I. In view of the fact that government aid now given to the destitute may soon be withdrawn , freedmen now ...
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... officers than these are authorized to retain funds , or pay any ac- counts whatever , in behalf of the bureau . II . All officers of the bureau having funds in their possession will turn them over at once to the nearest disbursing officer ...
... officers than these are authorized to retain funds , or pay any ac- counts whatever , in behalf of the bureau . II . All officers of the bureau having funds in their possession will turn them over at once to the nearest disbursing officer ...
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Page 10 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this Proclamation were not issued.
Page 145 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 145 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free...
Page 145 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 145 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 10 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 145 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 78 - Congress, and shall also make special reports whenever required to do so by the President or either house of Congress...
Page 145 - Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 9 - Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight...