Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 199

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. The Emancipation Proclamation. 3 pages, 7 x 4 1/2 inches, on 2 disbound sheets; stitch holes, minor toning, minimal dampstaining on top edge. Washington, 2 January 1863

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The fifth edition of the final official Emancipation Proclamation. This edition was issued to military leaders as General Orders No. 1. It is signed in type by Lincoln, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas. Eberstadt, Emancipation Proclamation 12. This copy comes from the order book kept by Major George B. Way.