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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. MILROY, MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT H. Freedom To Slaves. Original manuscript copy of General Milroy's "Handbill Order" announcing the Emancipation Proclamation to his troops and the people of Winchester; together with a retained copy of a letter to President Lincoln regarding the incident and the Proclamation and another retained copy of a letter to Mrs. Amos Binney of the U.S. Sanitary and Christian Commission in reference to the donation of "four of my papers" (including the present "Handbill") for a Sanitary Fair. 4to's 2 pages, two pages and one page respectively with docketing on reverse. should be seen Vp, 1863-1864