(SLAVERY ABOLITION) Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendm

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Joint Resolution . . . Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution . . . Abolishing Slavery. Engraved broadside, with facsimile signatures of Abraham Lincoln and other officials, and of all congressmen voting in favor, illustrated with a vignette of a freed family gathered around a portrait of Lincoln, 25 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches, on heavy stock; moderate dampstaining and toning, 4-inch closed tear in image, 2-inch closed tear in right margin, laid down on modern mat board. Chicago: Engraved for D. R. Clark by the Western Banknote Co., 1868

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An elaborately engraved commemorative printing of the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude . . . shall exist within the United States."