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Creator Role
publisher
Description
This manifestation of the Emancipation Proclamation features the Proclamation's title at the top of the broadside in a decorative script. Its textual body appears beneath the title in two columns, and the title and text are surrounded by a decorative scroll border. The broadside was released by the U.S. Christian Commission, an organization founded at the start of the Civil War to address the spiritual needs of soldiers. The organization disbanded in 1866.
Description Source
The NorthWest Branch of the United States Christian Commission. http://www.nwuscc.org/OldUSCC.html (accessed July 17, 2018).
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1863
Measurement
17 1/2 X 11 1/2 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
ink on paper
Inscription
recto, top center: PROCLAMATION / OF THE / PRESIDENT / OF THE / UNITED STATES. recto, bottom center: PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION. / Printed at the "DAILY PRESS" Job Office, Corner of Church and Cherry Streets, opposite the Post Office
Subjects
United States Christian Commission; United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation
Work Type
broadside
Class
Ephemera
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
6997
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.