Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Amnesty proclamation and third annual message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States ...
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02536 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 9 December 1863 Pagination: 20 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy
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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