Facsimile of the First Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, July 1862

Authors

Files

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This is a facsimile of the handwritten first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation as shown to the cabinet in July, 1862. The facsimile covers pages 402-404 of volume six of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. The caption above reads "Facsimile (From the Original Ms. In Possession of the Authors) of the First Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, Shown to the Cabinet in July 1862."

Publication Date

1890

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.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Slaves--Emancipation

Object Type

text

Format (original)

facsimile

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V6_Emancipation-Proclamation-Facsimile_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

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.

Recommended Citation

E457 .N653 2011 V.6, pages 402-404, Original Documents and Original photographs in Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln , Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries