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)