. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1902 . ■ ^ cr>-C^ i^i^ /^a^d «^^r^ic^. LAST PAGE OF LIXCUL.\-S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMAT LINCOLN-S SIGNATURE TO KMANCIPATION lR( ) ATION. Abraham Lmcoln 159 And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warrantedby the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the consideratejudgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the sealof the United States to be affixed.[- n Done at the city of Washington, this ist day of Jauuar}-,
. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1902 . ■ ^ cr>-C^ i^i^ /^a^d «^^r^ic^. LAST PAGE OF LIXCUL.\-S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMAT LINCOLN-S SIGNATURE TO KMANCIPATION lR( ) ATION. Abraham Lmcoln 159 And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warrantedby the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the consideratejudgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the sealof the United States to be affixed.[- n Done at the city of Washington, this ist day of Jauuar}-, A. D. 1863, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh. ABRAHAM the President: WliLiAii H. SbwaeX), Secrttary of State. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. ExEcuTUTE Mansion, ^ , , , ,, r, , Was/unp-ton, December 22, 1S62. To the Army of the Potomac: * I have just read your commanding generals preliminary report of thebattle of Fredericksburg. Although you were not successful, the attemptwas not an error nor the failure other than an accident. The courage withwhich you in an open field maintained the contest against an intrenchedf
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