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Attorney General's Office, Washington, D.C., draft of circular letter to District Attorneys
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Attorney General's Office, Washington, D.C., draft of circular letter to District Attorneys
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Circular with Lincoln's instructions to District Attorneys regarding their procedure in fulfilling the conditions set forth in the President's Proclamation of Amnesty, 1863 December 8. In the hand of secretaries. (8 pages)
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J. Mandeville Carlisle, Washington, D.C., letter to Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons
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Autograph draft. Letter in reply to Lord Lyons' reference to the President's proclamation.
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Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, Washington, D.C., letter to J. Mandeville Carlisle, Washington, D.C
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Letter signed. Letter quotes a passage from Lincoln's proclamation of April 19, 1861.
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J. Mandeville Carlisle, Washington, D.C., letter to Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons
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Autograph draft. Letter in reply to Lord Lyons' reference to the President's proclamation. (4 pages)
HM 23696
William H. Seward, Washington, D.C., certified copy of Emancipation Proclamation
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Document signed. Printed certification form filled in by Seward, with black seal of the United States and mourning ribbon attached to printed copy of the Proclamation.
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Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to General Frederick Steele, Governor John Smith Phelps et al, Arkansas
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Letter signed. Letter addressed to "Gen. Steele, Governor Phelps, and all having military and Naval authority, under the United States, within the State of Arkansas." In hand of John G. Nicolay; address and insertions in Lincoln's hand.
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