Proclamation of emancipation by the President of the United States of America

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:

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 (donor)

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); 49 X 31 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States

Rights:

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

Notes:

Second of three proofs of what is 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. 30 in Eberstadt, Charles, "Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation," in The new colophon III, p. 343-347; imprint from Eberstadt. Also cf. description by John E. Alden in the Library Chronicle, vol. 14, no. 1, 1947, p. 31-33.; Lower left corner torn off.

Physical Location:

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