Codice albumGBB-F-001912

Codice inventarioGBB-F-001912-0000

1862, USA : Emancipation of the slaves, proclaimed on the 22nd September 1862, by the U.S.A. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809 - 1865). Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Montgomery Blair, Postmaster Genera l, and Edward Bates, Attorney General. Simon Cameron and Andrew Jackson are featured as paintings.

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