First Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln.
July 22, 1862.
The Robert Todd Lincoln
Family Papers,
Manuscript Division.
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Emancipation Proclamation (preliminary version). First printed edition.
September 22, 1862.
Stern Collection,
Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
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Photograph copy of President Abraham Lincoln's draft of the final Emancipation Proclamation.
January 1, 1863.
The Robert Todd Lincoln
Family Papers,
Manuscript Division. |
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President Abraham Lincoln to Albert G. Hodges, editor of the Frankfort, KY, Commonwealth.
April 4, 1864.
The Robert Todd Lincoln
Family Papers,
Manuscript Division. |