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... purchase of request envelopes , the law should be changed . so as to allow the return of such letters to the writers free of postage . As stamped envelopes are cancelled by use , and therefore safer against fraud than those with stamps ...
... purchase of request envelopes , the law should be changed . so as to allow the return of such letters to the writers free of postage . As stamped envelopes are cancelled by use , and therefore safer against fraud than those with stamps ...
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... purchased by the rebels . Some difficulty in procuring armament and a crew caused a temporary slight embarrassment in her movements , but she was soon met by the English steamer City of Richmond off the coast of France , and her ...
... purchased by the rebels . Some difficulty in procuring armament and a crew caused a temporary slight embarrassment in her movements , but she was soon met by the English steamer City of Richmond off the coast of France , and her ...
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... directed its energies to accomplish what was practicable . After procuring a supply of vessels for the blockade , by purchase and con- struction , the next pressing want was an iron - 76 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY .
... directed its energies to accomplish what was practicable . After procuring a supply of vessels for the blockade , by purchase and con- struction , the next pressing want was an iron - 76 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY .
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... purchases . The office of navy agent was super- fluous , and had become worse than useless . The system of purchasing on a percentage , limited in the amount which the agent should receive , led to cor- ruption and abuse , which ...
... purchases . The office of navy agent was super- fluous , and had become worse than useless . The system of purchasing on a percentage , limited in the amount which the agent should receive , led to cor- ruption and abuse , which ...
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... purchase of land and other improvements of a permanent character . The total expenses of this department from the 4th of March , 1861 , to the 30th of June , 1865 , embracing a period of four years and four months , and covering not ...
... purchase of land and other improvements of a permanent character . The total expenses of this department from the 4th of March , 1861 , to the 30th of June , 1865 , embracing a period of four years and four months , and covering not ...
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Page 4 - ... the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 19 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Page 17 - Heaven itself has ordained, and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 358 - ... true allegiance to the Government of the United States ; then, in such case, he, she, or they, if at that time a citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to a patent, as in other cases provided for by law.
Page 663 - ... shall, if captured, be put to death, or be otherwise punished at the discretion of the court.
Page 687 - Take all provisions, forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command ; such as cannot be consumed destroy. It is not desirable that the buildings should be destroyed ; they should rather be protected, but the people should be informed that so long as an army can subsist among them recurrences of these raids must be expected, and we are determined to stop them at all hazards.
Page 358 - That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry; or, if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee...