Facsimile of the emancipation proclamation.
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865.
Mendel, Edward,1827-1884.
Chicago, Ill. : Published and lithograhed by Ed. Mendel,
[1863]
Made for sale at the North-Western Fair partly in aid of a soldiers' home in Chicago and partly for the funds of the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
Signed: Henry W. Bellows, President U.S. Sanitary Commission; Thos. B. Bryan, President of the Soldier's Home, Chicago, Ill.
With accompanying MS letter, dated 7 July 1867, announcing presentation of facsimile on behalf of W.L. Nicholson, Topographer G.P. Office, Washington D.C.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).
United States Sanitary Commission.
Fund raising
Soldiers' homes