President Lincoln writing the Proclamation of Freedom, l January 1863. Lithograph after painting by Blythe. A bust of Lincoln's Unionist predecessor Andrew Jackson is on the mantlepiece. James Buchanan's with rope round its neck hangs from the bookcase.

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President Lincoln writing the Proclamation of Freedom, l January 1863. Lithograph after painting by Blythe. A bust of Lincoln's Unionist predecessor Andrew Jackson is on the mantlepiece. James Buchanan's with rope round its neck hangs from the bookcase.

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