Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln. Initial draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, July 22, 1862. Holograph manuscript. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (153)

Digital ID # al0153p1, al0153p2

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Final Version of the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln. Emancipation Proclamation Issued by the President of the United States, Issued January 1st, 1863. Washington, D.C.: Gideon & Pearson, 1863. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (155)

Digital ID # al0155

Lincoln Reads the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet

Salmon P. Chase. Holograph journal, open to September 22, 1862. Salmon Chase Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (154)

Digital ID # al0154

Emancipation of the Slaves

Emancipation of the Slaves, proclamed [sic] on the 22nd September 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of North America. Philadelphia: J. Waeshle, ca. 1862. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (156)

Digital ID # ppmsca-19391

An Arrival in Camp—Under the Proclamation of Emancipation

Alfred R. Waud. An Arrival at Camp—Under the Proclamation of Emancipation, January 1863. Pencil and Chinese white drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (157)

Digital ID # ppmsca-09900

Lincoln Defends the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln to Albert Hodges, April 4, 1864. Holograph letter. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (160)

Digital ID # al0160p1–al0160p3

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A Southern View

Adalbert J. Volck. “Caricature of Lincoln Writing the Emancipation Proclamation,” from V. Blada’s War Sketches. Baltimore, 1864. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (161)

Digital ID # al0161

“Broken eggs can not be mended”

Abraham Lincoln to General John A. McClernand, January 8, 1863. Holograph letter. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (158)

Digital ID # al0158_01, al0158_02

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