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Gilder Lehrman Document Number:
GLC00004
Title: Emancipation Proclamation
Author: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Year: 1863/01/01
Place: Philadelphia ; Washington
Type of document: Document signed
Description: Wide margined copy of the Leland-Boker "authorized" edition, produced for raising money at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair in June 1864. The Sanitary Commission engaged in hospital and other charitable work during the Civil War; it was a forerunner of the Red Cross. Countersigned by by Sec. of State William H. Seward and Lincoln's personal secretary John G. Nicolay. Charles Eberstadt lists this as no. 32 (Leland-Boker autographed edition) in his bibliography of the Emancipation Proclamation. 48 copies were printed, but fewer than half are thought to survive. Mounted dimensions: 57.4 x 38 cm.
Annotation: Note: This specially-prepared edition benefited the United States Sanitary Commission, which supported hospitals and relief efforts for Union soldiers.
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