The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and DeathIncludes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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Page 36
... Department that , in his opinion , no such movement . was necessary to the defence or protection of Texas . These resolutions , which Mr. Polk would have found it very inconvenient to answer , were laid over , under the rule , and were ...
... Department that , in his opinion , no such movement . was necessary to the defence or protection of Texas . These resolutions , which Mr. Polk would have found it very inconvenient to answer , were laid over , under the rule , and were ...
Page 174
... DEPARTMENT OF STATE , April 22 , 1861 . His Excellency ТHOMAS H. Hicks , Governor of Maryland : SIR : -I have had the honor to receive your communication of this morning , in which you inform me that you have felt it to be your duty to ...
... DEPARTMENT OF STATE , April 22 , 1861 . His Excellency ТHOMAS H. Hicks , Governor of Maryland : SIR : -I have had the honor to receive your communication of this morning , in which you inform me that you have felt it to be your duty to ...
Page 187
... Department on the 4th of March , was by that Department placed in his hands . This letter ex- pressed the professional opinion of the writer , that reinforcements could not be thrown into that fort within the time for his relief ...
... Department on the 4th of March , was by that Department placed in his hands . This letter ex- pressed the professional opinion of the writer , that reinforcements could not be thrown into that fort within the time for his relief ...
Page 205
... Department , acted upon the same principle . The question first arose in Virginia , simulta- neously at Fortress Monroe , and in the western part of the State . On the 26th of May , General McClellan issued an address to the people of ...
... Department , acted upon the same principle . The question first arose in Virginia , simulta- neously at Fortress Monroe , and in the western part of the State . On the 26th of May , General McClellan issued an address to the people of ...
Page 207
... Department . You will , however , neither authorize nor permit any interference , by the troops under your command , with the servants of peaceful citizens , in house or field , nor will you , in any way , encourage such servants to ...
... Department . You will , however , neither authorize nor permit any interference , by the troops under your command , with the servants of peaceful citizens , in house or field , nor will you , in any way , encourage such servants to ...
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