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Item # 688074
March 11, 1863
NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1863Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From New Orleans" "Gen. Banks About to Commence His Forward Movement' "Important To Deserters" "A Proclamation by the President' "An Amnesty to Deserters who Will Return Before the 1st of April" "A Warning to Those who Promote Desertions". 
Included is the full text of the Proclamation, which is signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Eight pages, very nice condition.