Sold for:
$4,250
$4,250
Amnesty Proclamation and Third Annual Message. Read in Congress, Wednesday, December 9, 1863. [Washington?], 1863. 8vo, 20 pages, stitched; light toning. Lincoln announces his vision for Reconstruction in an 8 December 1863 proclamation. With the war still far from over, he offered amnesty to any former Confederate who took a loyalty oath, with the exception of certain high-ranking officials and officers. Once 10% of the voters of any state took this loyalty oath, the state would be re-admitted into the Union. Radical Republicans thought this policy was too lenient, and offered a harsher path to Reconstruction. [Monaghan 191]
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2017-05-04
