Emancipation Proclamation Inkstand
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Object Details
- associated person
- Lincoln, Abraham
- US Telegraph Office
- Description
- In the summer of 1862 President Abraham Lincoln sat at a desk in the War Department telegraph office and with this inkstand began to draft a presidential order to free the enslaved people held in the Confederacy. While the act was limited in scope, it was revolutionary in impact. With emancipation and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment ending slavery in 1865, over four million Americans were no longer legally defined as someone’s property and, although their rights would be brutally contested, they became United States citizens.
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Library of Congress
- mid 19th century
- Associated Date
- 1863
- ID Number
- PL.244699.02
- catalog number
- 244699.02
- accession number
- 244699
- Object Name
- inkwell
- inkstand
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- glass; brass lid (inkwell material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 13 3/8 in x 8 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 33.9725 cm x 22.225 cm
- Related Publication
- Rawley, James A.. Lincoln in the Telegraph Office
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Presidents
- related event
- Emancipation Proclamation (1)
- Record ID
- nmah_524021
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-4886-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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