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Abraham Lincoln was perhaps our greatest president. His prudent measures and political skills stabilized the government after the southern states seceded, and his soaring rhetoric inspired a generation to risk their lives for the great twin causes of national reconciliation and abolition of slavery. Our catalog features varied manuscripts and prints related to his election victories, the war effort, and his assassination. Two highlights are his call for a cabinet meeting to discuss compensated emancipation, and the dividers used to trace distances on Civil War maps.
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Pro-Lincoln Reelection Broadside
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Pro Lincoln 1864 Campaign Broadside. 1864. 1 p., 10 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.
Item #23110, $600
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The Republican “Wide Awakes” Determine to Resist the Expansion of Slavery “by all constitutional means.” (SOLD)
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Manuscript Document. Constitutions and minutes from five manifestations of the Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Republican Party organization. Woonsocket, R.I., 1856 – 1864. Including the 1860 “Wide Awakes.” 121 pp. (nearly half blank), 8 x 11 in.
An anti-slavery Republican Party campaign record ledger from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1856 to 1864, including the handwritten “Wide Awakes” constitution and minutes from the 1860 election.
Item #22220, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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Lincoln Mourning Graveside Marker
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Lincoln Mourning Graveside Marker. Approximately 3½ x 4¾ in.
Item #21985.02, $200
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Five Presidential Commissions for Engineer Joseph G. Totten, the Second Longest Serving American Military Officer
JOSEPH G. TOTTEN,
Partially Printed Documents Signed as President, to Joseph G. Totten. Washington, D.C. On vellum. 1 p.
An unparalleled offering of commissions for Joseph G. Totten, Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army, covering his most significant career advances (boldface).
Item #23097, $48,000
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The Gettysburg Address – Front Page News
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS,
Newspaper, The New York Times, November 20, 1863. (Gettysburg Address on p. 1, col. 3. Reporting on the event starts on p. 1, col. 2. Everett’s speech on pp. 2-3.) 8 pp., 15¼ x 20¾ in.
A scarce first day of printing issue.
Item #23108, $9,500
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Lincoln Prepares the Union Army to Vote in the Election of 1864
SETH WILLIAMS. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Letter Signed to Richard N. Batchelder. “Head Qrs Army of the Potomac,” September 1, 1864.
Written just over a month before the 1864 presidential election, Lincoln was banking on votes of soldier to secure his re-election.
Item #22952, $1,350
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Race Baiting Takes Center Stage in the 1864 Presidential Election
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Broadside. Democratic Catechism of Negro Equality. Philadelphia, Pa., July 4, 1863., 6½ x 9 in.
Republicans counter the ridiculous charge that Lincoln favored African Americans over white Americans. Instead, they use many individual instances to assert an equally absurd claim of a long history of Democratic support of African American rights.
Item #22807, $1,750
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The Ultimate Lincoln Collection
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The Ultimate Lincoln Collection,
Item #23105, $1,000,000
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Lincoln’s Former Home, and Lee’s Surrender
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 20, 1865. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Item #H-5-20-1865, $175
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Funeral Procession in New York City
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 13, 1865. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Item #H-5-13-1865, $250
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The Death Bed and Funeral
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 6, 1865. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Item #H-5-6-1865, $595
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Lincoln’s Assassination
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, April 29, 1865. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Item #H-4-29-1865, $625
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President Lincoln Commissions General Grant
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, March 26, 1864. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Item #H-3-26-1864, $120
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Lincoln Reviews the Army of the Potomac
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 2, 1863. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Item #H-5-2-1863, $100
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The Inauguration of President Lincoln
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, March 16, 1861. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
“touched...by the better angels of our nature...”
Item #H-3-16-1861, $395
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Lincoln Raises the Flag
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, March 9, 1861. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Item #H-3-9-1861, $160
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Lincoln-Signed Military Commission of Charles S. Stevenson
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Document Signed as President, countersigned by Simon Cameron as Secretary of War. Appointing Charles S. Stevenson as Additional Paymaster, August 7, 1861.1 p., on vellum.
Item #22382, $6,800
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Lincoln Tells Fellow Lawyer Hezekiah Wead to Get Ready for Trial
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Hezekiah M. Wead. Springfield, Illinois, December 6, 1846. 1 p. Integral address leaf in Lincoln’s hand.
Item #22603, $18,000
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The Most Authenticated Lock of Lincoln’s Hair in Existence
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Ephemera. Hair sample, approximately 50 strands. Washington, D.C., April 15, 1865.
Item #23092, $40,000
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A First-Day New York Printing of Candidate Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech (SOLD)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Newspaper. New York Evening Post, New York, N.Y., February 28, 1860, 4 pp., 26 x 30½ in. Disbound. Lincoln’s speech is printed on the front page and continued on page 4. With British Museum stamp next to masthead.
“Let us have faith that right makes might.”
Item #22803, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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