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[POLITICS]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency John Andrew, Governor...By His Excellency Abraham Lincoln...For a Day of Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer. 
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[POLITICS]. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His Excellency John Andrew, Governor...By His Excellency Abraham Lincoln...For a Day of Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer. 

19 13/16 x 27 3/4 in. printed broadside (toning along old folds); framed to 28 3/4 x 34 3/4 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew, Massachusetts Secretary of State Oliver Warner, President Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary of State William H. Seward. 

Broadside featuring the Federal and Massachusetts proclamations for "a Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer." Issued annually throughout the war. RARE: OCLC locates 2 copies. 

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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