ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

WASHINGTON, _January 20, 1863_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to

the resolution of the Senate relative to the correspondence between this

Government and the Mexican minister in relation to the exportation of

articles contraband of war for the use of the French army in Mexico.

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