LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States to Take Effect January 1st, 1863.

(Boston J.M. Forbes 1863) (8) pp. The miniature Emancipation Proclamation is the first and only contemporary printing of Lincoln's great text in separate book form. The Emancipation Proclamation was announced on September 22, 1862 as an order by the Commander-in-Chief to the armed forces and published as part of a group of documents by the Government Printing Office on September 24, 1862. A preliminary draft was read to Lincoln's cabinet in July of that year, but the President waited for Union victory to enact it into law. It was signed after Union victory at Antietam. In addition to declaring all people free, this proclamation declares the Southern States to be in armed rebellion. On the back cover is a quotation from the Vice President of the "so-called Confederate States," calling slavery the cornerstone of a new edifice. About a million copies were printed, which were distributed to Union soldiers to give out as they travelled through the countryside. These thin paper pamphlets, most of which have been lost to history, were able to be carried by the thousands in each soldier's backpack. Every Senator and Representative was given a copy. This copy was owned by Senator Samuel G. Arnold of Rhode Island, and is in immaculate condition, very fine in pale peach printed wrappers. (Eberstadt 15; Oakleaf 823; Monaghan 235; not in NUC.). (3 5/16 by 2 1/4; 84x56mm.).

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