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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02536 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Amnesty proclamation and third annual message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States ... |
| Date | 9 December 1863 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Title continues, " ... read in Congress, December 9, 1863." Early printing of the Amnesty Oath of December 8, 1863 which offered pardons to Confederates who would take a loyalty oath to the Constitution and to the Union of States. His third annual message presented a program for Reconstruction for the first time. With bookplate and deaccession stamp of Minnesota Historical Society on front cover. |
| Subjects | Amnesty President Presidential Speeches and Proclamations Civil War Union Forces Confederate States of America Military History Oath Pardon Reconstruction |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Government & Politics; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |