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

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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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Executive Mansion, September 12, 1862.

The Department of the Interior is charged, under the direction of the President, with the execution of the 11th section of the act

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for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia, approved April 16, 1862; and that portion of section 1 of the act making supplemental appropriations for sundry civil expenses; approved July 16, 1862, which appropriates $500,-000 for the colonization of certain persons of African descent.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Annotation

[1]   Thirty-ninth Congress, First Session, Senate Executive Document No. 55, p. 12. See Lincoln's Approval of Contract, September 11, supra.

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