Copies of F.B. Carpenter's painting of Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation] [picture
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Beal, J.H
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This picture shows Lincoln reading the emancipation proclamation to his cabinet; Biographical note: A preliminary proclamation was released on September 22, 1862. The formal proclamation was released on January 1, 1863. According to the caption on the photograph, Carpenter's painting was made in 1864.
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