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[1] ADf, PP; DS, DNA FS RG 11, Proclamations. The autograph draft in the Free Library of Philadelphia has the first paragraph in Lincoln's handwriting and the remainder in the hand of a clerk. This draft was obtained by James C. Welling, editor of the National Intelligencer, for sale at the Great Central
Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia. Welling's letter of transmittal is preserved with the draft. It should be noted that the first paragraph is identical with the first paragraph of the draft presented at the cabinet meeting on July 22, at which meeting Lincoln was dissuaded from issuing the remainder of the proclamation as drafted. Thus it seems probable that Lincoln simply made a copy of the first portion pertaining to the Act to Suppress Insurrection and turned it over to Secretary Seward, whose clerk added the conclusion in customary language. The official signed copy in the National Archives was presumably prepared from this draft.