 |
| Lincoln's Proclamation Written July 25th, 1862  |
The original manuscript of President Lincoln's Proclamation, written July 25, 1862 was a prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation. James C. Welling donated the manuscript to the New Jersey Committee at the 1864 Great Fair of Philadelphia.
The manuscript was sold by lottery and the lucky bidder was Anne Hampton Brewster, who bequeathed her books, manuscripts and maps to the Library Company of Philadelphia.
 |
| The donation to The Great Central Fair Original manuscript of the proclamation of President Lincoln as of July 25, 1862 by James Clarke Welling, Ed, N. Intl. |
 |
| Anne Hampton Brewster playfully called a social outlaw by friend, Genevieve. |
References:
Anne Hampton Brewster: 19th-century Author and "Social Outlaw"
http://www.librarycompany.org/steptowardfreedom
