Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Emancipation Proclamation
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00004 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document signed Date: January 1, 1863 Pagination: 1 broadsheet Height: 54.1 cm, Width: 34.3 cm Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Download PDF
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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