Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin added two of the most iconic artifacts in American history to his growing collection of rare documents — spending a combined $18.1 million for items signed ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that slaves should be emancipated, advocating a program in which they would ...

Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, he called it "the central act of my administration, and the great ...

On Sept. 22, 1862, partly in response to the heavy losses inflicted at the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all the ...

Mr. LINCOLN adopted the sentence as Mr. CHASE wrote it, only interlining, after the word "Constitution," the words, "upon military necessity;" and in that form the proclamation went to the world ...

Palm Beach resident Ken Griffin's most recent purchases include rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment, both of which were signed by Lincoln. In July 2024, Griffin ...

Billionaire hedge funder Kenneth Griffin was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Palm Beach resident Ken Griffin's most recent purchases include rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment, both of which were signed by Lincoln. In July 2024, Griffin ...