Lucia

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

CONTAINING

HIS EARLY HISTORY AND POLITICAL CAREER; TOGETHER WITH THE SPEECHES, MESSAGES, PROCLAMATIONS AND OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF

HIS EVENTFUL ADMINISTRATION.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

JOHN E. POTTER. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern

District of Pennsylvania.

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DEDICATED

TO THE GOOD AND TRUE

OF THE NATION

REDEEMED-REGENERATED—DISENTHRALLED.