| Author | United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
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| Uniform Title | Emancipation Proclamation.
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| Title | General orders. No. 1-[201] / War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 2, 1863-[June 30, 1863].
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| Published | [Washington] : [The Office], [1863]
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| Description | 201 nos. ; 19 cm
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| General Note | Chiefly signed by L. Thomas, Adjutant General, or E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjustant General.
General Order No. 1 constitutes "possibly the first, and certainly the first separate, printing" of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. -- Cf. One hundred influential American books printed before 1900 (Grollier Club,1947), p. 103.
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| Subjects | Rules.
United States. Army.
United States. Army -- Regulations.
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| Other Authors | Thomas, Lorenzo, 1804-1875.
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893.
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| Organizations | United States. War Department.
United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Circular on mustering service.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 470 U58 1863
CA-1501266 c.1: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 25382] |
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