Partially printed document signed Abraham Lincoln , as President, resuming the draft in New York less than a month after the deadly New York City draft riots
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1p., plus integral blank. 4to 9-3/4x7-3/4 inches . Minor smudging to signature. Housed in a blue full morocco box. Item #373004 The first military draft in U.S. history was passed by Congress in early 1863 and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in March of that year. The Enrollment Act or Civil War Military Draft Act required the enrollment of every male citizen between twenty and forty-five years of age, as well as those immigrants
- Binding: Leather
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