Manuscript of Emancipation Proclamation on card
date: label: Date
content: 1863-1880s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: President Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865
label: Subject of
content: William Henry Seward, American, 1801 - 1872
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite sized card with handwritten text of the Emancipation Proclamation. The text is on a sheet that has been pasted onto the card. The text at the top and bottom of the card reads [The Emancipation Proclamation of / Abraham Lincoln President of the U.S.] with the text of the proclamation appearing inside a hand-drawn, rectangular border. Card has smudges and stains, especially along the bottom and outer edges. There are no marks on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.28.15
objectType: label: Type
content: proclamations
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Text panel): 2 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. (5.7 × 9.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Card): 2 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (5.7 × 9.5 cm)