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    Emancipation Proclamation

    Everybody,

    Found this while reading the news today. Thought I'd share it with everyone.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17050979/


    Got me to thinking -- where are the other 23?

    Regards,
    Matthew Easley
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    Re: Emancipation Proclamation

    For those who would like to examine one of the originals, page by page, click:

    http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/fea..._proclamation/

    Remarkably free of Lincoln's usual flair for phrasology, it does contain this gem:

    And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
    [B]Bill Carey[/B]
    [I]He is out of bounds now. He rejoices in man's lovely,
    peculiar power to choose life and die—
    when he leads his black soldiers to death,
    he cannot bend his back. [/I] - Robet Lowell, [I]For the Union Dead[/I]

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      Re: Emancipation Proclamation

      And a photo of one of the printed, signed copies is here:

      http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhi...y/lincoln.html

      Of course the hand written one is also a good resource for pennmanship!

      Michael Shea

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