Thats what I thought when my friend told me about it. It sounded odd to me... but then he was telling me about how after the innitial one, 48 copies were made, all indeed signed by Abraham Lincoln. This from:
www.sethkaller.net/calalogs/turning_points/20000_dd.htmCensus of Leland-Boker Autographed Editions of the Emancipation Proclamation:48 copies were signed by Lincoln. Of that, the following are known to us:
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The National Archives, Washington, DC
The British Museum, London
The Huntington Library, Pasadena, California
University of Chicago Library, Chicago, IL
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, IL
New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, NY
Meisi University, Tokyo, Japan
H. Ross Perot, Dallas, TX
Dr. Charles Olson
Gilder Lehrman Collection at The New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
Gilder Lehrman Collection at The New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
Private, major Lincoln collector, Los Angeles, CA
Lincoln Museum, Ft. Wayne, IN
Private Kaller Client, NY (most likely for eventual donation)
Private, Massachusetts
Kaller client, recently on display at Antietam Battlefield site (copy available now)
Private Hands – 3 or 4 copies others may be known, but have not been seen by us and are not listed in any prior census.
Copies in italic were handled by Kaller.
Based on the above, I believe that about half of the 48 copies survive. SK
Among the Institutions that do not have a copy, but should:The Smithsonian Institution, including the soon to be formed Museum of African American History
The Underground Railroad Freedom Center
The National Constitution Center
Any Southern institution
The Freedom Center (soon to be established in NY at the World Trade Center site)