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- GLC#
- GLC03877
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 8 May 1863
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- Proclamation relative to liability to military service
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 18.6 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Partially printed document authorizes the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to Lincoln's proclamation permitting the conscription of foreigners. This was under the Enrollment Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, for foreigners who had declared their intention to become United States citizens, "in certain cases." Title from docket.
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