May 18, 1864
I have issued no proclamation lately, I signed a very modest papers last night for the Sec. of War, about drafting 300.000 in July, as I remember, but the document now rampant at New York is a forgery. A. LINCOLN.
May 18. 1864
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- 1953.
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