Andrew Johnson: Executive Order - General Orders: 107

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Executive Order - General Orders: 107
June 2, 1865

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WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE

Ordered , That all military restrictions upon trade in any of the States or Territories of the United States, except in articles contraband of war--to wit, arms, ammunition, gray cloth, and all articles from which ammunition is manufactured; locomotives, cars, railroad iron, and machinery for operating railroads; telegraph wires, insulators, and instruments for operating telegraphic lines--shall cease from and after the present date.

By order of the President of the United States:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=72179.

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