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Photo, Print, Drawing The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation.

About this Item

Title

  • The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation.

Names

  • Lincoln, Abraham (Author)

Created / Published

  • Washington, D. C., September 22, 1862

Headings

  • -  Slavery
  • -  Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • -  Emancipation Proclamation
  • -  Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
  • -  Broadsides
  • -  United States -- District of Columbia -- Washington

Genre

  • Broadsides

Notes

  • -  The only known copy.

Medium

  • 12.3 x 18.5 cm.

Source Collection

  • The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

Repository

  • Rare Book And Special Collections Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Lincoln, Abraham. The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation. Washington D.C. United States Washington, 1862. Washington, D. C. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001017/.

APA citation style:

Lincoln, A. (1862) The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation. Washington D.C. United States Washington, 1862. Washington, D. C. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001017/.

MLA citation style:

Lincoln, Abraham. The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation. Washington, D. C. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/scsm001017/>.