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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’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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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 Insists General Banks Remain in Charge in Louisiana
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Printed Document, to Nathaniel P. Banks. “Executive Mansion,” Washington, D.C., December 2, 1864. 1 p., 5¼ x 8 in.
Item #20509, $350
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Rare Lincoln-Signed Sea Letter for a Martha’s Vineyard Whaler
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Document Signed “Abraham Lincoln” as President, co-signed by Secretary of State William H.Seward, August 8, 1864.
A Lincoln-signed whaling ship sea letter - as much as 100 times scarcer than a Civil War military commission. President Lincoln gives permission for the whaler Almira to sail to the North Pacific.
Item #4325, $24,000
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A Philadelphia First-Day Printing of the Gettysburg Address
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS,
Newspaper. North American and United States Gazette, Philadelphia, Pa., November 20, 1863. 4 pp., 23 x 29 in. Chips missing from masthead and right edge, some internal tears, not affecting Lincoln’s speech which is on second page, fourth column, 2/3 of the way down. Much of the first two pages are taken up with Gettysburg-related news, including Edward Everett’s Address.
“Four score and seven years ago”
Item #22449.01, $1,450
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General Gilman Marston’s Informal Casualty Report from Gettysburg
GILMAN MARSTON,
Autograph Document, July 2 and 6, 1863, 1 p., 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.
Union Brigadier General Gilman Marston’s brief casualty report from the Battle of Gettysburg.
Item #22411, $1,900
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An Early Lincoln Campaign Biography
JOHN LOCKE SCRIPPS,
Pamphlet, “Tribune Tracts –No. 6. Life of Abraham Lincoln. Chapter 1. Early Life.” New York: Tribune, 1860. 32 pp. Original stitching intact, ads for The New York Tribune and the Tribune Almanac of 1860 on back cover, light age, small tear at bottom right not affecting text, minor chipping, otherwise good. 6 x 9¼ in.
An early Lincoln campaign biography based on interviews with Lincoln associates in Springfield.
Item #20521, $950
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The Gettysburg Address—First Day of Printing
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN, GETTYSBURG ADDRESS],
Newspaper. New York Daily Tribune. New York, N.Y., November 20, 1863, 8 pp., 15¾ x 20¾ in.
“It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the refinished work that they have thus so far nobly carried on.”
A rare first day of publication newspaper, with Lincoln’s timeless embodiment of American ideals prominently placed. This printing from November 20, the day after the Address, contains Lincoln’s speech on the front page. This original issue also includes Edward Everett’s speech and a report on the ceremonies.
Item #22818, $9,500
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Lincoln Mourning Broadside
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Broadside. The Nation’s Loss. A Poem on the Life and Death of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln. 1865. 1 p., 9¾ x 15¼ in. ½ inch loss at top not affecting text.
Item #22850, $1,850
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Six Months of Britain’s Punch Magazine, with Numerous Engravings Showing Lincoln’s Frustration at the War’s Progress
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspapers. Punch, or the London Chariari, London, England, July 5, 1862 through December 27, 1862. Bound volume of 26 weekly issues, 9 x 11 in., tight, gold-embossed boards.
Item #22848, $1,150
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A Celebration of Lincoln’s Centennial Birthday
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Copper Plaque. Lincoln in Profile, ca. 1909. 7½ x 12½ in.; 9½ x 14¼ in. framed, in original frame.
Item #23006, $1,100
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President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Reported by Harper’s
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, New York, N.Y., March 18, 1865. 16 pp., 11¼ x 16 in.
“until every drop of blood drawn by the lash shall be paid with another drawn with the sword.”
Item #H 3-18-1865, $350
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A Songbook from Lincoln’s Re-election Effort
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Pamphlet, Lincoln Campaign Songster, Philadelphia, Mason and Co., 1864, 16 pp., 2 ¾ x 4 ¼ in.
A beardless Lincoln adorns the cover of this small songbook, intended “For the Use of Clubs.” according to its title page and “Containing All the Most Popular Songs.” from his 1864 re-election campaign.
Item #22352, $950
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The Gettysburg Address
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Book. Includes a foldout map of the planned cemetery and a copy of Lincoln’s dedication. Published in Harrisburg, 1864. Fair condition.
Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Soldier’s National Cemetery, Together with the Accompanying Documents, as Reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864.
Item #21371, $1,750
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Lincoln vs. McClellan – 1864 Campaign Platforms
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Matching pair of Broadsides, [1864], “The Platforms,” in English. 9½ x 12 in. With “Die Platformen,” in German. 9¾ x 11¾ in. 2 pp. total.
Courting votes in two languages: An appeal to the votes of recent German immigrants.
Item #21926.02-.03, $2,250
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