By the president of the United States of America
Subtitle: A proclamation
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 1862
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Slaves; Emancipation; History
Other titles: Emancipation proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863.
Notes: Caption title; text continues: I, Abraham Lincoln ...

The name of William Seward, as Secretary of State, printed at foot of p. [2].

Verso of leaf numbered at top: 4.

Included in text are section 2 of the March 1862 "act to make an additional article of war" and sections 9 & 10 of the Confiscation Act of July 17, 1862.