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... tion -- - - MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS : .. - ― - - - - - 594 -1865- The -- Proclamation of Emancipation , 1863 - Amendments of Constitution " Thirteenth Amendment " Correspondence with Governors of Reconstructed States Repudiation of Rebel ...
... tion -- - - MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS : .. - ― - - - - - 594 -1865- The -- Proclamation of Emancipation , 1863 - Amendments of Constitution " Thirteenth Amendment " Correspondence with Governors of Reconstructed States Repudiation of Rebel ...
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... tion . Mr. Seward , in common with all men holding places of power in the government , was subject not only to misrepresentation , but to gross calumny . His friends seemed more troubled by the assaults made on his reputation than he ...
... tion . Mr. Seward , in common with all men holding places of power in the government , was subject not only to misrepresentation , but to gross calumny . His friends seemed more troubled by the assaults made on his reputation than he ...
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... tion calling for 75,000 militia , to suppress the treasonable combina- tions which had become too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of law . To this call , the loyal people promptly re- sponded . The troops hastened to ...
... tion calling for 75,000 militia , to suppress the treasonable combina- tions which had become too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of law . To this call , the loyal people promptly re- sponded . The troops hastened to ...
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... tion , and not merely say the government " recognizes " but that the army and navy will " MAINTAIN " the freedom proclaimed . Mr. Lincoln characterized the suggestion as " very judicious , " and favored its adoption . The modification ...
... tion , and not merely say the government " recognizes " but that the army and navy will " MAINTAIN " the freedom proclaimed . Mr. Lincoln characterized the suggestion as " very judicious , " and favored its adoption . The modification ...
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... tion of the subject to our government through M. Mercier , the Min- ister of France residing at Washington.1 Under date of February 6 , 1863 , Mr. Seward prepared a des- patch 2 to Mr. Dayton of remarkable ability , giving the reasons ...
... tion of the subject to our government through M. Mercier , the Min- ister of France residing at Washington.1 Under date of February 6 , 1863 , Mr. Seward prepared a des- patch 2 to Mr. Dayton of remarkable ability , giving the reasons ...
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