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Souvenir copy of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, with autograph signatures of Lincoln, William Seward, Secretary of State, and John Nicolay, Private Secretary to the President. This is known as the Leland-Boker edition of the Emancipation Proclamation, after the two men who arranged for its printing by Frederick Leypoldt and subsequent sale at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair of June 7-29, 1864. The Sanitary Fairs were created to raise money for sick and wounded soldiers, and to improve conditions in military camps.
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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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Mss Collection -- Y-1863 (small)
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Publisher: [Frederick Leypoldt]
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Date Created
1864-June-06
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1 sheet ([1] page)
