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" York, a false and spurious proclamation, purporting to be signed by the President and to be countersigned by the Secretary of State, which publication is of a treasonable nature designed to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States... "
Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: Letters and telegrams, Adams to Garrison - Page 232
by Abraham Lincoln - 1907
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American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of ...

John A. Marshall - 1869 - 754 pages
...This closed the trial. I was then remanded to the care of the Provost Marshal, who, on my pledge ' not to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, nor to leave the county of St. Louis, and to report myself at that office whenever required,' I was...
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Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the ..., Volume 2

William M. Leftwich - 1870 - 446 pages
...the trial. I was then remanded to the care of the Provost-Marshal,, who, upon my verbal pledge not to ( give aid and comfort to, the enemies of the United States, nor to leave the county of St. Louis, a,nd to report myself at that office wheneyer required/ allowed...
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Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the ..., Volume 2

William M. Leftwich - 1870 - 454 pages
...closed the trial. I was then remanded to the care of the Provost-Marshal, who, upon my verbal pledge not to ' give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, nor to leave the county of St. Louis, and to report myself at that office whenever required,' allowed...
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Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the ..., Volume 2

William M. Leftwich - 1870 - 456 pages
...closed the trial. I was then remanded to the care of the Provost-Marshal, who, upon my verbal pledge not to 'give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, nor to leave the county of St. Louis, and to report myself at that office whenever required/ allowed...
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Parliamentary Papers, Volume 75

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1874 - 782 pages
...were the property of enemies of the United States, and that they were contraband of war, and intended to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States ; and on these grounds, " or othenvise," the vessel and cargo were lawful prize. The decree (Mem., p. 125),...
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Southern Law Review and Chart of the Southern Law and Collection Union, Volume 3

1874 - 844 pages
...have said so much, upon the supposition that the Constitution of the United States only forbade us to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. But the 14th amendment to said Constitution also declares that debts, obligations or claims "incurred...
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American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of ...

John A. Marshall - 1881 - 836 pages
...This closed the trial. I was then remanded to the care of the Provost Marshal, who, on my pledge ' not to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, nor to leave the county of St. Louis, and to report myself at that office whenever required,' I was...
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Life of Schuyler Colfax

Ovando James Hollister - 1886 - 570 pages
...spoken against the resolution, he took up Long's speech, and pointed out wherein it was calculated " to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States," the constitutional definition of treason. " That cause, steeped in shame and scarred with crime, floating...
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The History of Methodism in Missouri for a Decade of Years from 1860 to 1870

William Henry Lewis - 1890 - 476 pages
...the trial. I was then remanded to the care of the provost-marshal, who, upon my verbal pledge " not to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, nor to leave the County of St. Louis, and to report myself at the office whenever required," allowed...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 3

John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 540 pages
...professions, Seward gave him undue intimacy and confidence, enabling Campbell, under guise of promoting peace, to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, in violation of his oath and duty. The details of the intrigue rest entirely upon rebel statements,...
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