Valuable Lincoln Document Found in Hawaii
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A priceless document that was hidden away in the Hawaii State Archives for decades has finally been explained. It is a historical treasure signed by Abraham Lincoln as part of his plan to free slaves during the Civil War.
Someone found the document on a shelf in a vault at the archives in 1935. They recognized Lincoln's signature on the lower right corner, but did not know what the document was. It remained a mystery until a historian with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois visited the archives a few months ago.
Daniel Stowell, Director of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln,realized the date on the document, September 22, 1862, was the same date Lincoln signed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
"This document is intimately related to the end of slavery in the United States. It's the beginning of the process. The order to the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to make official the preliminary emancipation proclamation which began the whole process of emancipation," Stowell said Monday.
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation itself is in a museum in New York, but the document signed by Lincoln authorizing the proclamation to be sealed and thereby become official remains in the Hawaii State Archives.
No one at the archives knows for sure but they suspect the document was brought to Hawaii by a collector named Bruce Cartwright. He was the grandson of Alexander Joy Cartwright, a New York native who invented baseball before moving to Hawaii where he died.
A document with Abraham Lincoln’s signature and dated Sept. 22, 1862, has been found in the Hawaii State Archives, but no one seems to know how it got there. A project of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Illinois has confirmed its authenticity. It orders the secretary of state to affix the seal of the United States to his “proclamation of this date.” The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on that date. The document appears to have been at the archives since at least 1935. In the 1860s, Hawaii was an independent kingdom.
Someone found the document on a shelf in a vault at the archives in 1935. They recognized Lincoln's signature on the lower right corner, but did not know what the document was. It remained a mystery until a historian with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois visited the archives a few months ago.
Daniel Stowell, Director of The Papers of Abraham Lincoln,realized the date on the document, September 22, 1862, was the same date Lincoln signed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
"This document is intimately related to the end of slavery in the United States. It's the beginning of the process. The order to the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to make official the preliminary emancipation proclamation which began the whole process of emancipation," Stowell said Monday.
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation itself is in a museum in New York, but the document signed by Lincoln authorizing the proclamation to be sealed and thereby become official remains in the Hawaii State Archives.
No one at the archives knows for sure but they suspect the document was brought to Hawaii by a collector named Bruce Cartwright. He was the grandson of Alexander Joy Cartwright, a New York native who invented baseball before moving to Hawaii where he died.
A document with Abraham Lincoln’s signature and dated Sept. 22, 1862, has been found in the Hawaii State Archives, but no one seems to know how it got there. A project of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Illinois has confirmed its authenticity. It orders the secretary of state to affix the seal of the United States to his “proclamation of this date.” The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on that date. The document appears to have been at the archives since at least 1935. In the 1860s, Hawaii was an independent kingdom.
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pjacobs51
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What does Hawaii, baseball, and Lincoln have in common?
Now that's some trippy history for sure!
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