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...giving the reasons that had led him to submit it to the people, the President said : Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration)...

...which plan it is now thought fit to lay before the people for their consideration : Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration)...

...which plan it is now thought fit to lay before the people for their consideration: Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration)...

...indirectly, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves and except in cases where legal proceedings under the laws of the United States providing for the confiscation...

...States, and to reinaugurate loyal State governments within and for their respective States; therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do...property, except as to slaves, and in property cases where rights of third parties shall have intervened, and upon the condition that every such person shall...

...and to reinaugurate loyal State governments within and for their respective States. Therefore — I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do...except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon ia hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to...

...now taking the oath and going to work to carry 803. General Order No. 91. Proclamation of Pardon for "all persons who have directly, or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion." 7 pp., 8vo. 804. LINCOLN (MAJ. GEN. BENJAMIN). L. s., 1 p., folio. War office, Nov. 6, 1783. To Brig....

...to resume their allegiance to the United States, ' proclaimed and made known to all persons who had directly, or by implication, participated in the existing...except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon is granted to them, and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves,...

...exceptions, on condition of their return to loyalty. The leading paragraph in this proclamation reads : I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do...property, except as to slaves, and in property cases where rights of third parties have intervened, and upon the condition that every such person shall take and...