[Speeches of William H. Seward at Detroit, St. Paul, Dubuque, Lansing, St. Louis, etc., in the presidential campaign of 1860].
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William H. Seward. February 27, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Seward at Auburn in 1865.
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By the president of the United States of America. A proclamation : Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued ... Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested ... do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free ... Done at the city of Washington this first day of January ... one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three
"Third edition. This is the official State Department folio. Printed ... circa January 3, 1863"--Cf. Eberstadt, C. Lincoln's Proclamation, 1950, page 28.
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