1862 Chicago Tribune Newspaper Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation

This is an original antique issue of the September 25, 1862 issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper with important content relating to Abraham Lincoln’s preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.    This is the fully complete four page broadsheet format newspaper measuring about 28” x 22”.    According to the United States Archives  - In July 1862, President Lincoln read his "preliminary proclamation" to his Cabinet, then decided to wait for a Union military victory to issue it. On September 22, 1862, following the victory at Antietam, he signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, formally alerting the Confederacy of his intention to free all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states. One hundred days later, with the Confederacy still in full rebellion, President Abraham Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation. The front page of the newspaper has an article on the top of the first column headlined LIBERTY AND UNION. Grand Mass Meeting – U