Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1805.003.379 |
Collection |
General Manuscript Collection |
Object Name |
Proclamation |
Title |
The Amnesty Proclamation |
Scope & Content |
One sheet of page titled at the top, "The proclamations in regard to slavery inviolable/ From the Annual Message, December 8, 1863." The page includes the text from President Lincoln's Amenesty Proclamation. |
Dates of Creation |
December 8, 1863 |
Date |
December 8, 1863 |
Notes |
This sheet of paper is numbered pages 15 through 16 and was clearly removed from a publication. Noted on the bottom of the back: "Printed by L. Towers for the Union Congressional Committee." |
Extent of Description |
1 leaf |
Condition |
Unstable |
Condition Notes |
Paper very delicate and deteriorating |
Legal Status |
On loan from the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia |
People |
Lincoln, Abraham Seward, William Henry |