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Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves, within designated states and parts of States are, and henceforeward [sic] shall be free! [J. L. Magee copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid...

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Emancipation statue, Washington, D.C.

Emancipation statue, Washington, D.C.

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Emancipation Monument, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. - Thomas Ball, sculptor

Emancipation Monument, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. - Thomas Ball, s...

No. 15. Date written on back: "Nov. 13, 1870" is incorrect. The statue was cast in Munich, Germany in 1875 and shipped to the United States and dedicated in 1876.

U.S. Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, September 1862  (Petition supporting Emancipation Proclamation)
Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 01, 1863  (Final Emancipation Proclamation, Official Copy)
E. W. Dunham to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 26, 1863  (Emancipation and military affairs)
Emancipation of the slaves, proclamed [i.e. proclaimed] on the 22nd September 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of North America

Emancipation of the slaves, proclamed [i.e. proclaimed] on the 22nd Se...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Waeshle, J. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of ... More

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lit...

Text of Emancipation Proclamation; with two U.S. flags and eagle over head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln and flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. 6093 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More

Proclamation of freedom millions! The emancipation proclamation.

Proclamation of freedom millions! The emancipation proclamation.

Surrounded by a black border of chains. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emancipation Proclamation / del., lith. and print. by L. Lipman, Milwaukee, Wis.

Emancipation Proclamation / del., lith. and print. by L. Lipman, Milwa...

Print shows at center the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom... More

Abraham Lincoln President of the United States signing the Emancipation Proclamation / painted by W.E. Winner ; engraved by J. Serz.

Abraham Lincoln President of the United States signing the Emancipatio...

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, full length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding quill pen in right hand and papers of the Emancipation Proclamation in his left hand resting on the edge of a table, on ... More

Abraham Lincoln to John A. J. Creswell, Monday, March 07, 1864  (Emancipation in Maryland)
Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia.

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, P...

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States. The central scene ... More

E. W. Dunham to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 26, 1863  (Emancipation and military affairs)
[Envelope], For President, Abraham Lincoln.

[Envelope], For President, Abraham Lincoln.

Printed in violet ink on yellow. Manuscript addressed to John Mercer Esq., Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

[Preliminary emancipation proclamation.] during American Civil War
[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]

[Roberts and Alvord edition the Emancipation proclamation.]

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National emancipation mounment - Print, Library of Congress collection

National emancipation mounment - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a rendition by architects Bullard & Bullard of a national monument to emancipation proposed for Springfield, Illinois, showing an obelisk topped with a statue of a Union soldier, and with other stat... More

Horace Maynard to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, July 16, 1862  (Emancipation)
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 29, 1863  (Resolutions regarding the Emancipation Proclamation)

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, Janua...

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The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lit...

Text of Emancipation Proclamation; with two U.S. flags and eagle over head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln and flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. 6093 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More

John C. Hamilton to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 29, 1864  (Federalist Papers and Emancipation Proclamation)
Border State Congressmen to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 14, 1862  (Response to Lincoln's proposal for compensated emancipation)
[First edition of the emancipation proclamation.]
Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States of America / W. Roberts del., C.A. Alvord, printer.

Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States of ...

Eagle with banner "Proclamation of Emancipation" and U.S. flags over portrait of Abraham Lincoln above text framed along the sides with vignettes about slavery, escape, education of African Americans, and the A... More

Emancipation proclamation issued January 1st, 1863, [G. R. Russell].

Emancipation proclamation issued January 1st, 1863, [G. R. Russell].

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[W. H. Pratt copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

[W. H. Pratt copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, November 28, 1862  (Emancipation Proclamation and Annual Message)
Rockland Maine Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 15, 1862  (Petition supporting emancipation)
Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lit...

Text of Emancipation Proclamation; with two U.S. flags and eagle over head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln and flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. 6093 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More

Emancipation proclamation, [Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation Proclamation].

Emancipation proclamation, [Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation P...

Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation Proclamation. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emancipation Proclamation. Carpeter's great national picture, The Emancipation Proclamation, before the Cabinet!

Emancipation Proclamation. Carpeter's great national picture, The Eman...

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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by A.H. Ritchie.

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia.

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, P...

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States. The central scene ... More

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia.

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, P...

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States. The central scene ... More

Emancipation of the slaves, proclamed [i.e. proclaimed] on the 22nd September 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of North America

Emancipation of the slaves, proclamed [i.e. proclaimed] on the 22nd Se...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Waeshle, J. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of ... More

John C. Hamilton to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 29, 1864  (Federalist Papers and Emancipation Proclamation)
Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States of America / W. Roberts del., C.A. Alvord, printer.

Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States of ...

Eagle with banner "Proclamation of Emancipation" and U.S. flags over portrait of Abraham Lincoln above text framed along the sides with vignettes about slavery, escape, education of African Americans, and the A... More

[Positive Photostat of handwritten Emancipation Proclamation.]

[Positive Photostat of handwritten Emancipation Proclamation.]

Positive Photostat of handwritten Emancipation Proclamation on four leaves, signed by Lincoln.

[W. H. Pratt copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Copy 3.]

[W. H. Pratt copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Copy 3.]

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Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States of America / W. Roberts del., C.A. Alvord, printer.

Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States of ...

Eagle with banner "Proclamation of Emancipation" and U.S. flags over portrait of Abraham Lincoln above text framed along the sides with vignettes about slavery, escape, education of African Americans, and the A... More

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by A.H. Ritchie.

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

Portage County Ohio Citizens to Abraham Lincoln,  1862  (Petition recommending emancipation)
Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lit...

Text of Emancipation Proclamation; with two U.S. flags and eagle over head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln and flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. 6093 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 3.]

[A. Kidder copy of the Emancipation proclamation. Copy 3.]

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Emancipation. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves … shall be free!
Emancipation proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln, freeing the slaves of the United States, [Daniel, Sr.] .

Emancipation proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln, freeing the sl...

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The Emancipation Proclamation. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The Emancipation Proclamation. Book illustration from Library of Congr...

Caricature of Abraham Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 25.

Preston King to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 23, 1862  (Emancipation Proclamation)
View of transparency in front of headquarters of supervisory committee for recruiting colored regiments, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, in commemoration of emancipation in Maryland, November 1, 1864.

View of transparency in front of headquarters of supervisory committee...

Second leaf contains the history of emancipation in Maryland and extracts from speeches and poems on liberty.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lit...

Text of Emancipation Proclamation; with two U.S. flags and eagle over head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln and flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. 6093 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More

[Trial issue of the Emancipation proclamation.]

[Trial issue of the Emancipation proclamation.]

This is one of only twelve known copies of the first printing, or "trial issue", of the Proclamation. It preceded the final form, fifty copies of which are known to have been printed, and signed by President Lincoln.

The New Year's address of the Newsmen of the New York Herald.

The New Year's address of the Newsmen of the New York Herald.

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[A. Kidder Proclamation of Emancipation.]

[A. Kidder Proclamation of Emancipation.]

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[Swander Bishop & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

[Swander Bishop & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet / painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by A.H. Ritchie.

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto... More

[J. S. Smith & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

[J. S. Smith & Co. copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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President Lincoln and his cabinet: in council, Sept. 22nd 1862. adopting the Emancipation Proclamation, issued Jany. 1st 1863

President Lincoln and his cabinet: in council, Sept. 22nd 1862. adopti...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5293

Thomas D. Eliot to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 17, 1862  (Support for Emancipation Proclamation)
B. H. Wright to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 22, 1862  (Plan for emancipation)
Horace Maynard to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, July 16, 1862  (Emancipation)
View of transparency in front of headquarters of supervisory committee for recruiting colored regiments, Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, in commemoration of emancipation in Maryland, November 1, 1864.

View of transparency in front of headquarters of supervisory committee...

Second leaf contains the history of emancipation in Maryland and extracts from speeches and poems on liberty.

President Lincoln and his cabinet. Reading of the emancipation proclamation

President Lincoln and his cabinet. Reading of the emancipation proclam...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Herline, E.

Border State Congressmen to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 14, 1862  (Response to Lincoln's proposal for compensated emancipation)
Boston Clergymen to Abraham Lincoln, September 1862  (Petition supporting Emancipation Proclamation)

Boston Clergymen to Abraham Lincoln, September 1862 (Petition support...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Emancipation proclamation, [folded broadside].
[Paine copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Copy 2.]

[Paine copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. Copy 2.]

Done entirely with steel pens and ordinary writing ink, by J. E. Paine, Brooklyn, New York.

A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on slave emancipation: Indiana House, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, 1854, to His Excellency, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of North America ; Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America

A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on ...

Caption title. A series of letters by Frederick Hasted. Also available in digital form.

A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on slave emancipation: Indiana House, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, 1854, to His Excellency, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of North America ; Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860, to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America

A copy of a letter, written to the President of the United States, on ...

Caption title. A series of letters by Frederick Hasted. Also available in digital form.

Abraham Lincoln to Ladies in Charge of North-Western Sanitary Fair, Monday, October 26, 1863  (Donation of final draft of Emancipation Proclamation)
Abraham Lincoln, [December 30, 1862]  (Final Emancipation Proclamation,--Preliminary Draft, with Suggested Changes by William Henry Seward)
Mary A. Livermore to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, October 11, 1863  (Request for Lincoln to donate original manuscript of the Emancipation Proclamation to the North-Western Sanitary Fair)
Washington County Pennsylvania Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, August 28, 1862  (Petition recommending emancipation)
Charles D. Armstrong to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 12, 1862  (Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation)
Charles D. Armstrong to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 12, 1862  (Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation)
John C. Hamilton to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 29, 1864  (Federalist Papers and Emancipation Proclamation)
John C. Hamilton to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 29, 1864  (Federalist Papers and Emancipation Proclamation)
William A. Buckingham to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 02, 1863  (Sends resolutions and offers congratulations on Emancipation Proclamation)
Chicago Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 08, 1862  (Memorial urging emancipation)
Abraham Lincoln to John A. J. Creswell, Monday, March 07, 1864  (Emancipation in Maryland)
A. Kidder to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 06, 1864  (Sends lithographed copies of Emancipation Proclamation)
Abraham Lincoln, [December 30, 1862]  (Final Emancipation Proclamation--Preliminary Draft with Changes suggested by Edward Bates, with copies: Made for Members of the Cabinet)
Greenwich New York Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, February 15, 1863  (Resolutions supporting emancipation)
B. H. Wright to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 22, 1862  (Plan for emancipation)
B. H. Wright to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 22, 1862  (Plan for emancipation)
Francis H. Peirpoint to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 03, 1863  (Counties in Virginia exempted from Emancipation Proclamation)
Francis H. Peirpoint to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 03, 1863  (Counties in Virginia exempted from Emancipation Proclamation)
J. K. W. Levane and A. M. Milligan to Abraham Lincoln, [September-December] 1862  (Resolutions supporting Preliminary  Emancipation Proclamation)
Great Falls New Hampshire Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, December 1862  (Petition supporting Emancipation Proclamation)
Boston Residents to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 05, 1862  (Memorial supporting Emancipation Proclamation)

Boston Residents to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 05, 1862 (Memor...

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Gertrude Bloede, Katie Bloede, and Victor G. Bloede to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, January 04, 1863  (Support for Emancipation Proclamation)
Thomas Webster to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, October 27, 1864  (Telegram reporting plans to commemorate emancipation)
Thomas Webster to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, October 27, 1864  (Telegram reporting plans to commemorate emancipation)
Rockland Maine Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 15, 1862  (Petition supporting emancipation)
Rockland Maine Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 15, 1862  (Petition supporting emancipation)
Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 22, 1862  (Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation)
Robert Dale Owen to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 17, 1862  (Recommends emancipation proclamation)
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