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

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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Portfolio E453 .U8 1864b
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890.
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903.
Standardized Title:
Emancipation Proclamation
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
United States.
African Americans--History--1863-1877.
African Americans.
History.
Penn Provenance:
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903 (donor)
Physical Description:
1 broadside (1 unnumbered page) ; 49 X 31 cm
Place of Publication:
[Philadelphia] : [F. Leypoldt], [May 15, 1864?]
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.
Local Notes:
Lower left corner torn off.
OCLC:
213487833

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