Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Emancipation Proclamation

GLC00004

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GLC#
GLC00004
Type
Documents
Date
January 1, 1863
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
Emancipation Proclamation
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 broadsheet Height: 54.1 cm, Width: 34.3 cm
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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 Secretary 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 only half are known to survive. Mounted dimensions: 55.8 x 38.1 cm.

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