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United States. Congress Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: Being the third session of the thirty-seventh congress; ...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05165 Author/Creator: United States. Congress Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1863 Pagination: 741 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Title continues, " ... begun and held at the city of Washington, December 1, 1862." Compilation journal containing Abraham Lincoln's address of 1 December 1862, Ulysses S. Grant's General Order No. 11 expelling Jews from the Department of Tennessee, and the Congressional reaction to the order. First edition, printed by the Government Printing Office.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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