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THBRare First Printing of Abraham Lincoln's Final Presidential Proclamations
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LiveSep 8, 2017 - Sep 9, 2017
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- Lot Description
Printed broadside, 8.25 x 13 in., announcing two of President Abraham Lincoln's final three proclamations, "Closing Certain Ports" and "Port of Key West to Remain Open." April 11, 1865.
Rare proclamations, issued just three days before Lincoln was shot and assassinated.
The first proclamation closed a large number of southern ports which were listed on the proclamation, and indicated that "all rights of importation, warehousing, and other privileges, shall, in respect to the ports aforesaid, cease until they have again been opened by order of the President; and if, while said ports are closed, any ship or vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any articles subject to duties, shall attempt to enter any such port, the same, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo shall be forfeited to the United States." Signed in type by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward.
The second proclamation indicated that "the port of Key West, in the state of Florida, was inadvertently included among those which are not open to commerce" and declared that "said port of Key West is and shall remain open to foreign and domestic commerce..." Signed in type by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Condition
Faint soiling. Some edge tears along bottom repaired on verso. Faint pencilled notes on top front and verso bottom.
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