Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Amnesty proclamation and third annual message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States ...

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GLC#
GLC02536
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
December 9, 1863
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
Amnesty proclamation and third annual message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States ...
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
20 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 15 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Title continues, " ... read in Congress, December 9, 1863." Early printing of the Amnesty Oath of December 8, 1863 which offered pardons to Confederates who would take a loyalty oath to the Constitution and to the Union of States. His third annual message presented a program for Reconstruction for the first time. With bookplate and deaccession stamp of Minnesota Historical Society on front cover.

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