Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To the Senate of the United States: January 20, 1863

I transmit, herewith, a report from the Secretary of State in answer to the Resolution of the Senate relative to the correspondence between this Government and the Mexican Minister, in relation to the exportation of articles contraband of war for the use of the French Army in Mexico. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 20, 1863.

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[1] DS, DNA RG 46, Senate 37A F3. Seward's report of January 19 (in reply to Senate resolution of January 13) transmitting correspondence with Mexican Minister Matias Romero may be found in Thirty-seventh Congress, Third Session, Senate Executive Document No. 24. The Mexican complaint was that although the French were permitted to purchase at New Orleans and New York mules and wagons for use in Mexico against the Mexican forces, a shipment of

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arms to the Mexican government had been stopped at New Orleans by Stanton's order of November 20, 1862. While the order prohibited ``arms,'' it did not prohibit mules and wagons.