Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Emancipation Proclamation

GLC01532

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GLC#
GLC01532
Type
Documents
Date
1 January 1863
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
Emancipation Proclamation
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm

Official State Department printing of the final version, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. "...I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free..." This is no. 10 in Eberstadt's bibliography of the Emancipation Proclamation. Printed circa 3 January 1863.

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