[Rarebooks] FS: Emancipation Proclamation, General Orders No. 1

[Bob Petrilla]

Lincoln, Abraham. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION: General Orders No. 1, War
Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 2, 1863 [bound
with] General Orders no. 139, US War Department, September 22, 1862
(preliminary proclamation issued as a warning) [bound with] a 56-page
printed index of subjects for 1862; 216 General Orders for 1862; 26pp
handwritten index of subjects for 1863; 201 General Orders for 1863;
Circular from the Paymaster General's Office, July 16, 1863. Washington DC:
US War Department, 1862-1863. First Edition. The 216 General Orders for
1862 (January-December) are 1863 printings. The 201 General Orders and the
Circular for 1863 (January 1-June 30) are first printings. The 26-page
handwritten index of subjects seems to be unique to this volume. Bound in
period half-morocco and marbled boards, ribbed spine, gilt lettering, with
the name of Major N.S. Brinton at base of spine. [All we know of Major
Brinton is that he was a US Army Paymaster. The New York Times for July 6,
1864 reports: "An act for the relief of Maj. N.S. Brinton, a Paymaster in
the United States Army" without further comment.]  7.25" x 5" x 2.5" thick.
Very Good. Hardcover.
General Orders No.1, January 2, 1863, is the first widely circulated
version of the Emancipation Proclamation [see Eberstadt, Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation, 12]. In addition to the first printing of
General Orders No. 1 for 1863 and the second printing of General Orders No.
139 for 1862, the other 415 General Orders in this thick volume deal with
enlistments, promotions, casualties, pay, supplies, military departments,
courts martial, medical care, &c.   $1,500.00

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