Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Carte de visite-sized Emancipation Proclamation manuscript. Manuscript pasted to card, 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches; minor staining from older glue residue. Np, circa 1863-1880s
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Text of the Emancipation Proclamation, written out in a miniscule script. and mounted onto a small card. Clearly a memento someone wanted to carry on his person at all times.