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PDFNow, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in accordance with the duty imposed upon me by the act of Congress aforesaid, do hereby declare and proclaim that the said State of Nevada is admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed..........
Abraham Lincoln.
By the President:
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
TELEGRAM TO GENERAL BURBRIDGE.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 4, 1864
Major-general Burbridge, Lexington, Ky.
Suspend execution of all the deserters ordered to be executed on Sunday at Louisville, until further order, and send me the records in the cases. Acknowledge receipt.
A. Lincoln.
TELEGRAM TO NAVAL OFFICER AT MOBILE BAY.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 6, 1864. 9 P.M.
Major-general Canby, New Orleans, La.:
Please forward with all possible despatch to the naval officer commanding at Mobile Bay the following order.
A. Lincoln.
(Inclosure.)
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 6, 1864.
NAVAL OFFICER IN COMMAND AT MOBILE BAY
Do not on any account, or on any showing of authority whatever, from whomsoever purporting to come, allow the blockade to be violated.
A. Lincoln.
TELEGRAM TO SAILORS’ FAIR, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1864.
To the managing committee of
the sailors’ fair,
Boston, Massachusetts
Allow me to wish you a great success. With the old fame of the Navy made brighter in the present war you cannot fail. I name none lest I wrong others by omission. To all, from rear-admiral to honest Jack, I tender the nation’s admiration and gratitude.
A. Lincoln.
TELEGRAM TO A. H. RICE.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 8, 1864.
Hon. A. H. Rice, Boston, Massachusetts:
Yours received. I have no other notice that the ox is mine. If it be really so, I present it to the Sailors’ Fair as a contribution.
A. Lincoln.
Telegram to Secretary Seward.
Washington, November 8, 1864.
