Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Authorization to affix United States seal to a treaty]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00750 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 05 March 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy
President Lincoln authorizes Secretary of State William H. Seward to affix the United States Seal to a treaty between the United States and Britain. States the Treaty, signed 1 July 1863, settles the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies.
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