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Offline thundley4

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Hawaii archives holds mystery Lincoln document
« on: June 09, 2009, 03:16:21 PM »
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HONOLULU – Documents bearing signatures of U.S. presidents have turned up in a lot of unexpected places: Attics, libraries, even thrift stores.
But how did an innocuous Civil War-era memo bearing Abraham Lincoln's signature end up in the state archives of Hawaii, which was still a kingdom at the time? State researchers are trying to find out.
The memo dated Sept. 22, 1862, orders the secretary of state at the time to affix the U.S. seal to a separate piece of paper, a proclamation dated the same day.
That proclamation was the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's official warning to rebellious Southern states to return to the Union within three months or face military emancipation of their slaves.
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Sure, they can find this, but they still can't find the long form birth certificate of 0Bama.  :rotf:

Offline Lord Undies

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Re: Hawaii archives holds mystery Lincoln document
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2009, 03:27:36 PM »
The birth certificate is in Jimmy Hoffa's front pocket. 

Maybe Lincoln mailed this to someone in Hawaii and it's just now getting there?