Abraham Lincoln Papers

First Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln.
July 22, 1862.
The Robert Todd Lincoln Family Papers,
Manuscript Division.
Emancipation Proclamation (preliminary version). First printed edition.
September 22, 1862.
Stern Collection,
Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Photograph copy of President Abraham Lincoln's draft of the final Emancipation Proclamation.
January 1, 1863.
The Robert Todd Lincoln Family Papers,
Manuscript Division.
President Abraham Lincoln to Albert G. Hodges, editor of the Frankfort, KY, Commonwealth.
April 4, 1864.
The Robert Todd Lincoln Family Papers,
Manuscript Division.


Abraham Lincoln Papers