To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States,... Outlook and Independent - Página 2201916Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 586 páginas
...handwriting, expressed in these words : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July 18, 1864. To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...armies now at war against the United States, will be reAppieton'8 ceived and considered by the Executive Government of 1а the United States, and will be... | |
| Francis Nicoll Zabriskie - 1890 - 414 páginas
...paper from the President, addressed " To whom it may concern," promising to " receive and consider any proposition which embraces the restoration of...the armies now at war against the United States." Third, an indignant letter published by the Niagara conferees— who only thus saw their way out of... | |
| William Jewett Tucker - 1919 - 530 páginas
...Lincoln's very definite and very decisive statement of the terms of peace. "To whom it may concern : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which conies by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will... | |
| 1921 - 344 páginas
...Southern Commissioners Clay and Holcomb, executive Mansion, Washington. ' • To whom it may concern. "Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer thereof shall have safe conduct both ways." Abraham... | |
| William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 564 páginas
...in the president's own hand : EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, July 18, 1864. To whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways.... | |
| Perry Belmont - 1925 - 652 páginas
...wrote that Mr. Lincoln had offered, in the course of Mr. Greeley's negotiations for peace, to welcome "any proposition which embraces the restoration of...of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery. ' ' He inquired whether that involved the implication "that no steps can be taken towards peace, unless... | |
| Samuel A'Court Ashe - 1925 - 1592 páginas
...Lincoln's July 18, 1864, he wrote with reference to the proposition of Clay, Holcombe, and Sanders: "Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery" will be met by liberal terms on substantial and collateral points. Holden had sought the favor of slaveholders... | |
| Don Carlos Seitz - 1926 - 500 páginas
...following terms: " 'Executive Mansion, "Washington, DC, July 18, 1864. " 'To Whom It May Concern: " 'Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways.... | |
| Perry Belmont - 1926 - 352 páginas
...wrote that Mr. Lincoln had offered, in the course of Mr. Greeley's negotiations for peace, to welcome "any proposition which embraces the restoration of...the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery." He inquired whether that involved the implication "that no steps can be taken towards peace, unless... | |
| Edward Chase Kirkland - 1927 - 298 páginas
...his famous letter "To Whom It May Concern." Dated July 18, 1864, it read: "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of...States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe-conduct both ways.... | |
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