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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Emancipation Proclamation

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01532 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document Date: 1 January 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

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.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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