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Lincoln. Emancipation Proclamation.

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. General Orders, No. 1 ... Washington, January 2, 1863 ... The following Proclamation by the President ...

Washington: 2 January 1863. 3 pp. [Bound with:] War Department. General Orders 2-201, plus Circulars 1-3. Washington: January-June 1863. 16mo (178 x 116 mm). Contemporary marbled boards, backed with cloth at an early date. Condition: light spotting; board edges lightly worn. early printing of lincoln's emancipation proclamation. "The proclamation has been called by responsible persons one of the three great documents of world history, ranking with Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence" (Eberstadt). This General Orders edition published just days after the final proclamation. Eberstadt 12; Grolier American 100:71; Streeter Sale 1751.