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| Creator: | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 |
| Title: | Emancipation Proclamation |
| Date: | 1863 Jan. 1 |
| Description: | Wide-margined copy of the Leland-Boker "authorized" edition, produced for raising money at the Philadelphia Great Central Sanitary Fair in June 1864. The Sanitary Commission engaged in hospital and other charitable work during the Civil War; it was a forerunner of the Red Cross. Countersigned by Sec. of State William H. Seward and Lincoln's personal secretary John G. Nicolay. Charles Eberstadt lists this as no. 32 (Leland-Boker autographed edition)in his bibliography of the Emancipation Proclamation. Forty-eight copies were printed, but fewer than half are thought to survive. Gilder Lehrman Document No.: GLC00004. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Texts (document genres) | Legal documents | Speeches |
| Subjects: | Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 | Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 | Emancipation Proclamation | Slaves--Emancipation--United States | Slavery--United States | Slaves--United States | Liberty | Equality | Washington (D.C.) | United States | Southern States | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Collection: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection |
| Institution: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Contributors: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | Gilder Lehrman Collection (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, N.Y.)) |
| Online Publisher: | [New York (N.Y.)] : Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | 2002? |
| Rights and Usage: | For the Gilder Lehrman Collection all rights and Reproduction inquires and request contact: Jody Cary at cary@gilderlehrman.com. For questions about the Collection contact Ana Ramirez-Luhrs at luhrs@gilderlehrman.com |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Gilder Lehrman Collection (New York, N.Y.) |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/display_results.php?id=GLC00004 |
