The Proclamation of Emancipation,

by the President of the United States, to Take Effect January 1st, 1863 wrapper title by Abraham Lincoln

$25,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

7, 1, blank pp. Miniature, 3-1/4x2-1/8 inches. Original wrappers, unstitched. Small repair to tears at gutter. Housed in a blue morocco backed box. Eberstadt 7; Monaghan 147. Item #376858 The first and only contemporary printing of Lincoln's historic preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in separate pamphlet form. This small pamphlet was printed by John Murray Forbes, a Boston industrialist and abolitionist, for distribution by

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