Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To the Senate and House of Representatives1Jump to section

January 17, 1862

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I transmit to Congress a translation of an instruction to the minister of his Majesty the King of Prussia accredited to this government, and a copy of a note to that minister from the Secretary of State, relating to the capture and detention of certain citizens of the United States, passengers on board the British steamer Trent, by order of Captain Wilkes, of the United States navy.

Washington, January 17, 1862. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

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[1] Thirty-seventh Congress, Second Session, Senate Executive Document No. 18. The Prussian message of December 25, 1861, expressed Prussia's support of Great Britain, and Seward's reply, enclosing copies of the correspondence between Great Britain and the United States, was much the same as that sent to Austria. See Lincoln to the Senate and House of Representatives, January 10, supra.

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