First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, postcard   Save
AV83 Abraham Lincoln Presidental Collection
Description: A colored postcard of the “First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation” painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter of Abraham Lincoln along with his cabinet members at the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The cabinet members include William H. Seward, Secretary of State; Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of Treasury; Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy; Edward Bates, Attorney General; Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General; and Celeb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F12_008_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Washington, D.C.