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Alternate Title

Emancipation Proclamation

Description

A pocket sized printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, this edition has been described as "The only separate pamphlet edition of the preliminary proclamation. ... This is the edition said to have been published by [John Murray] Forbes and distributed by him in one million copies (!) to the soldiers and Negroes."--Eberstadt, C. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, 1951. The interior of the back cover includes a quote from a speech given by Alex H. Stephens, Vice President of the "so called Confederate States" titled, Slavery the Chief Cornerstone, delivered March 21, 1861.

Contributors

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Donor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Date

1862

Approximate Creation Date

1862

Measurement Display

7 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 82 mm

Format (Digital)

PDF

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper

Subjects

Printed wrappers (Binding); Miniature books (Printing); Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Keywords

Abraham Lincoln; Emancipation proclamation

Work Type

pamphlet

Class

ephmera

Rights Management

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.

Digital ID#

E453.U541862

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Publisher

Boston : Printed by John Murray Forbes

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.

The Proclamation of Emancipation, by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st, 1863

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