[ Autograph ] (Emancipation Proclamation) Scarce first official printing of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, General Order No. I issued at Washington, Jan. 2, 1863 and forwarded to all officers in all branches of the service. This general order communicates the proclamation, giving the entire text of the document on three octavo pages. Disbound, with two small file holes in left margin and lightlytoned, with recipient's name 'Thos. J. Little, Capt, D. Co. Ist Bat. Hvy. Atty' in manuscript at top.