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The picture and the men : being biographical sketches of President Lincoln and his cabinet ; together with an account of the life of the celebrated artist, F.B. Carpenter, author of the great national painting, The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet by President Lincoln, including also, an account of the picture, an account of the crisis which produced it; and an appendx containing the great proclamation and the supplementary proclamation of January 1, 1863 ... and a key to the picture

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