DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

_Washington, April 18, 1865_.

It is hereby ordered that, in honor of the memory of the late Chief

Magistrate of the nation, the officers and employees of this Department

wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months.

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