By the President of the United States : a proclamation

Name:

United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln); Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890; Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903

Timespan:

1863-1877

Date:

1864

Language:

English

Provenance:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (autograph); Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 (autograph); Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 (autograph)

Publisher:

[F. Leypoldt]

Subject:

Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States; Enslaved persons -- Emancipation; African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877; African Americans; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

1 broadside (1 unnumbered page); 54 X 44 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Known as the Leland-Boker autographed edition after the two men who arranged for its printing and subsequent sale at the Great Central Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, June 7-29, 1864.; No. 32 in Eberstadt, Charles, "Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation," in The new colophon III, p. 344-347; imprint from Eberstadt.; Edition of 48 copies.; With autograph signatures of Abraham Lincoln, Wiliam H. Seward, and Jno. G. Nicolay.; Mended and reinforced at margins.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Portfolio E453 .U8 1864