2024-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/13/2024
A complete and authentic issue of The Canteen, Albany NY, February 27, 1864, 12pp., never bound. A remarkable report "The President Of The United States, through the Secretary of State, having generously donated to this Bazaar .. the original draft of his First Emancipation Proclamation, dated September 22, 1862 ... said Proclamation will be sold by using a series of tickets, duly numbered from One to Five Thousand, at One Dollar each ticket ... The Proclamation is in the proper handwriting of ABRAHAM LINCOLN .... The Proclamation is an autographic and historic treasure ..."
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