Note: Please see Day 3 (October 11) of the sale that features rare material relating to the Gettysburg Address.

C. Kingsley, editor. The Western Christian Advocate. Vol. XXIX, No. 50. Whole No. 1,494. Cincinnati, Ohio: Poe & Hitchcock, 10 December 1862. 8 pages, folio, 16 3/4 x 21 15/16 in. Disbound. Pencil subscription name to upper right.

A fine newspaper featuring a lengthy front page printing of Abraham Lincoln's Second Annual Message to Congress. Delivered on 1 December 1862, the address was published among the swirling rumors of the Emancipation Proclamation. This address convinced many, however, that Lincoln had "backed down from the strong position announced in the preliminary process." (Eberstadt, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, p.12). He reverted to the policy of voluntary, gradual compensated emancipation, though noted: "without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue." 

The rest of the month saw a flurry of responses from both abolitionists and moderates. By 29 December, however, Lincoln was resolved and drafted the final Proclamation, which was issued on 1 January 1864. 

A rare publication with an interesting milestone in the history of the Emancipation Proclamation. 

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Minor soft creasing.