Soon afterward , Mr. Karpeles , a mathematician from Montecito , a suburb of Santa Barbara , who was slowly building a fortune in California real estate investments , bought the family 's first historic manuscript : an original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln .
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Santa Barbara
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California
Montecito
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Montecito
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Santa Barbara
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California
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Abraham Lincoln