Autograph letter signed to Lucy Larcom, on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
$1,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
4 pages. 8 x 9-7/8 inches 20.2 x 25 cm . Very short split at one fold. Item #318658 A fine letter from John Greenleaf Whittier to fellow poet Lucy Larcom, praising President Lincoln's commitment to the Emancipation Proclamation through his recently delivered State of the Union address December 8, 1863 , also known as the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. After complimenting Larcom's recently published poem, Loyal
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