9 December 1863
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Pamphlet
Title: Amnesty proclamation and third annual message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States ...
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.
GLC02536