NewsTalk 1280 WGBF » Abraham Lincoln http://newstalk1280.com Fri, 24 May 2013 12:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 A Great American Historical Moment Is Auctioned http://newstalk1280.com/a-great-american-historical-moment-is-auctioned/ http://newstalk1280.com/a-great-american-historical-moment-is-auctioned/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:37:24 +0000 Bobby G. http://newstalk1280.com/?p=60030 Bidder Pays $2.1 Million for a Pivotal U.S. Document

By Jay Zimmer

There were 48 original copies of the great Emancipation Proclamation, all signed by President Abraham Lincoln in the closing months of 1862. The Civil War was raging, and at that point in the conflict, things were not going well for the Union forces.

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