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Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus...
Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus...
Item # 681868
September 16, 1863
NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 16, 1863
* Abraham Lincoln proclamation
* Habeas Corpus suspended
Being a "triple sheet" issue the entire ftpg. is taken up with advertisements. Inside has much reporting on the Civil War including: "Charleston" "A White Flag Flying Over the Shattered Walls of Fort Moultrie" "Union Forces in Possession of Half of James Island" "Rebel Accounts--Capture of Fort Wagner..." "Meade's Army" "Arrest of Deserters and Spies" and much more.
Page 7 includes: "Proclamation of the President" for a suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus" which is signed by him in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Twelve pages, very nice condition.
Category: Yankee