LINCOLN ABRAHAM Proclamation of Emancipation in the Boston D

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. "Proclamation of Emancipation" in the Boston Daily Advertiser. 4 pages, 24 3/4 x 19 inches, on one folding sheet, disbound; a few tasteful minor repairs; subscriber's name (Middlesex Mechanics Association) inked in top margin. Boston, 2 January 1863

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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on 1 January, and was received at the newspaper by telegraph in time for the next day's issue. A story on Boston's New Years Day festivities reports at great length on a day-long celebration at Tremont Temple "in celebration of the emancipation proclamation under the auspices of the Union Progressive Association, a society composed of colored men." The remarks of William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass and many others are summarized. A long editorial on the proclamation instantly recognizes its significance: "No instrument of more momentous import has ever been published since the Declaration of American Independence."