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- GLC#
- GLC05631
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1861/03/16
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- Transmittal of a proposed amendment to protect slavery (c/s Seward)
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sending a proposed amendment to Governor to John Downey of California. "I transmit an authenticated copy of a Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States, adopted by Congress and approved on the 2d of March, 1861, by James Buchanan, President. I have the honor to be, your excellency's obedient servant, Abraham Lincoln."
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