By the president of the United States. A proclamation. … That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free ... Done at the City of Washington this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three ... By the president: [Abraham Lincoln] ...
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United States President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) ; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 ; Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 ; Nicolay, John G. 1832-1901 ; Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890 ; Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 ; Leypoldt, Frederick, 1835-1884
