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Lot 100
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$800 -
1,000
Price Realized
$504
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Lot Description
[EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION]. The Weekly Church Advocate. Vol. XXVII, No. 36. Lancaster, PA: E.H. Thomas, J.S. Gable and Geo. Ross, 8 January 1863.
8pp, 11 3/16 x 14 1/4 in. Disbound (spotting, chipping and some separation to binding).
This issue features a complete printing of the Emancipation Proclamation signed in type by Abraham Lincoln. Bold stacked headlines above the printing read: "The Emancipation Proclamation. / Slaves of rebels Declared Free. / The Blacks to be Received into the Army and Navy."