Raynors HCA 2015-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/19/2015
A complete issue of the National Intelligencer,September 17 1863, 4pp., never bound, minor fold tear, VG. From the back page is a complete transcript, signed in type by President Lincoln, of his proclamation which suspending the Constitutional right of Habeas Corpus. In small part, “Whereas, in the judgment of the President, the public safety does require that the privilege of the said writ shall now be suspended throughout the United States in the cases where, by the authority of the President of the United States, military, naval, and civil officers of the United States, or any of them, hold persons under their command or in their custody, either as prisoners of war, spies, or aiders or abettors of the enemy, or officers, soldiers, or seamen enrolled or drafted or mustered or enlisted in or belonging to the land or naval forces of the United States, or as deserters therefrom, ... Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and make known to all whom it may concern that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended throughout the United States in the several cases before mentioned, and that this suspension will continue throughout the duration of the said rebellion ...”
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