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The proclamation of emancipation, by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st, 1863

Name:
United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Date:
1862
Language:
English
Provenance:
Block, Gordon (donor)
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Subject:
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States; Enslaved persons -- Emancipation; Miniature books -- Specimens; Miniature books
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Specimens; books
Physical Description:
7 pages, 1 unnumbered page (last page blank); 81 mm
Geographic Subject:
United States
Related Place:
United States.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
The preliminary proclamation dated September 22, 1862.; Cover title.; Caption title: By the President of the United States: A proclamation.; Issued in buff printed wrappers; quotation on back cover, "Slavery the chief corner-stone. 'This stone (slavery), which was rejected by the first builders, is become the chief stone of the corner in our new edifice.'--Speech of Alex. H. Stephens, vice-president of the so-called Confederate States, delivered March 21, '61."
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, E457.94 .A1 1862
Collection:
Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana (University of Pennsylvania)