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Lot 68
Sale 6560 - The Fathers and Saviors of Our Country: A Presidential Sale
Mar 26, 2026
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Proclamation of Emancipation, by the President of the United States, January 1st, 1863. [Boston: John Murray Forbes, December 1862].
32mo (88 x 63 mm). 7pp. Original printed light brown paper wrappers, thread binding (a few very tiny spots to covers).
THE SCARCE SEVENTH EDITION of the preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the only contemporary pamphlet printing. Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was dated 22 September 1862, while the revised, final document became official on 1 January 1863.
This edition of the proclamation is "said to have been published by Forbes and distributed by him in one million copies to the soldiers and Negroes" (Eberstadt). A VERY BRIGHT COPY.
REFERENCES:
Eberstadt 7; Monaghan 147
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Ephemeral Americana and Historical Documents
This lot is located in Chicago.