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Book/Printed Material By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation Proclamation of President Lincoln

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Title

  • By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation : Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued ... Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested ... do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free ... Done at the city of Washington this first day of January ... one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three

Other Title

  • Proclamation of President Lincoln

Summary

  • "Third edition. This is the official State Department folio. Printed ... circa January 3, 1863"--Cf. Eberstadt, C. Lincoln's Proclamation, 1950, page 28.

Names

  • United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1863]

Headings

  • -  Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources

Genre

  • Broadsides

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Signed: Abraham Lincoln. By the president: William H. Seward, secretary of state.
  • -  Printed text on one side on inside page [3] of folded sheet.
  • -  Eberstadt, C. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, 10
  • -  Catalog of broadsides in the Rare Book Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., vol. 3, page 440, column 2
  • -  LC copy has note in pencil on page [2]: "Eb10. DLC". In bound volume of 2 blank leaves, 34 cm with cover title: Proclamation of President Lincoln.
  • -  LC copy original flag reads: Bound Broadsides. U.S. President Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation added in pencil: 1863 Wash. D.C.
  • -  LC copy formerly: Bound Broadsides. U.S. President. Abraham Lincoln.
  • -  Eberstadt identifies 2 DLC copies, copy 2 not examined, NOS? he11 2019-02-08
  • -  rbc/amimp

Medium

  • 1 folded sheet ([4] unnumbered pages) ; 33 x 20 cm (folded)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E453 .U8 1863b

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015658764

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States President, Abraham Lincoln, and William H Seward. By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation: Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued ... Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested ... do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free ... Done at the city of Washington this first day of January ... one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. [Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1863] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015658764/.

APA citation style:

United States President, Lincoln, A. & Seward, W. H. (1863) By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation: Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued ... Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested ... do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free ... Done at the city of Washington this first day of January ... one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. [Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015658764/.

MLA citation style:

United States President, Abraham Lincoln, and William H Seward. By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation: Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued ... Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested ... do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free ... Done at the city of Washington this first day of January ... one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. [Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1863] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2015658764/>.