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Lincoln's conscription proclamation...
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Lincoln's conscription proclamation...

Item # 691077 ·
NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1863 

* President Abraham Lincoln
* First conscription act signed into law


Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "FROM HOOKER'S ARMY" "Offensive Operations to be Speedily Resume" "Stoneman's Great Raid" "The Capture of Grand Gulf by Admiral Porter" "Troops Landed Below" "The Conscription Law" "Important Proclamation by the President", the latter containing the full text of the 'Proclamation" signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, minor tears at the bottom margin, generally nice.
Category: Yankee
Price
$44
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.