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John Adams’s Proclamation Against Fries’s Insurgents
[JOHN ADAMS],
Newspaper. Connecticut Courant, Hartford, Ct., March 25, 1799. 4 pp., 12½ x 20½ in.
Includes a full printing of Adams’s March 12 order regarding John Fries’s Pennsylvania revolt over taxes levied to fight France, as well as an update on an annual New Haven medical convention.
Item #22553, $450
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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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John Quincy Adams’s Fourth and Final State of the Union Address
[JOHN QUINCY ADAMS],
Broadside. “President’s Message... ‘We the People’ Extra.” Washington, D.C., December 2, 1828. 1 p., 18¼ x 23 in.
Like his father, John Quincy Adams was a one-term president. In his final message to Congress, on the eve of the Electoral College meeting that formally elected Andrew Jackson, Quincy Adams concedes the failure of what Southerners called “the Tariff of Abominations.” He presciently warns against nullification, which became the most significant crisis of Jackson’s administration.
Item #22641, $1,500
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Washington’s Whiskey Rebellion Proclamation
[GEORGE WASHGINGTON],
Newspaper. The New York Journal & Patriotic Register, New York, N.Y., September 29, 1792. Signed in type by both Geo. Washington and Th. Jefferson. 4 pp., disbound.
Item #22707, $900
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President Grant Appoints an Army Captain
ULYSSES S. GRANT,
Partially-Printed Document Signed as President, appointing Louis T. Morris, Captain in the 57th Infantry Regiment. Countersigned by John A. Rawlins as Secretary of War. 15 x 19 in. Washington, D.C., March 6, 1869. On vellum, with paper seal.
Item #23037, $1,650
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Ulysses S. Grant Signed Naval Commission
ULYSSES S. GRANT,
Document Signed as President and “Geo[rge] M. Robeson” as Secretary of the Navy; July 9, 1870, 1p. With engravings of eagle, colors and cannon, and Neptune and other mythical sea figures, with blue wafer seal of the War Office.
Item #1752, $2,500
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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 Pardons an Arsonist to Help His Aging Mother
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Manuscript Document Signed as President, countersigned by William Seward as Secretary of State. Executive Pardon, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1861. 3 pp., 10½ x 16½ in. With embossed paper seal affixed with red wax on verso of signature page; Seal of the United States on signature page.
“Robert Binnix was young and inexperienced at the time when he committed these offenses, and ...was affectionate to his mother and assisted her to maintain his younger brothers and sisters; And ...she can no longer properly provide for without the assistance of her son Robert...I Abraham Lincoln ...have granted and do hereby grant...a full and unconditional pardon.”
Item #51039, PRICE ON REQUEST
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Lincoln-Signed Military Commission of James P. Kimball
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Document Signed, as President, appointing James P. Kimball as Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, co-signed by Edward Stanton, Washington D.C., April 18, 1862, 1p.
Kimball served General Patrick, and fought at Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. He later became Director of the U.S. Mint.
Item #22109, $11,000
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Lincoln Pushes for Arkansas Without Slavery
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed as President, to Frederick Steele. Washington, D.C., January 27, 1864. 1 p., 7¾ x 9¾ in. On Executive Mansion stationery.
After announcing his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction on December 8, 1863, Lincoln paid close attention to two Arkansas groups both aiming for reunion. Here, the president is concerned about potential conflicts with his plan, but in the end, both plans coincided in the key detail of ending slavery.
Item #22722, PRICE ON REQUEST
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Lincoln Appoints a Minister to the Papal States
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Document Signed as President, appointing Alexander W. Randall as American Minister Resident to Pope Pius IX. Washington, D.C., April 7, 1862. 1 p.
President Lincoln signs his authorization to affix the Seal of the United States to a politically important appointment: American minister to Pope Pius IX. The appointee later served as Postmaster General under Andrew Johnson.
Item #22685, $16,000
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Lincoln’s Final State of the Union Message, 1864
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. New York Observer, New York, N.Y., Dec. 8, 1864. 8 pp. Page 2 contains the complete printing of Lincoln’s last State-of-the-Union address.
Item #30001.23, $500
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Reporting Lincoln’s Journey to Washington for His Inauguration
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. New York Times, New York, N.Y., February 23, 1861. 8 pp.
Item #30000.79, $100
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Lincoln’s 1861 State of the Union Message
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Book. Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress..., Volume 1, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. 839 pp., 5¾ x 8¾ in.
Item #22671, $800
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Lincoln’s Third State of the Union Address and Amnesty Proclamation
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. New York Times, New York, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1863, with “Supplement to The New York Times” complete with its own masthead. 12 pp. 14¾ x 21 in.
Contains Lincoln’s entire 1863 Message to Congress, where he reaffirmed his commitment to emancipation, as well as His Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which laid out a plan to return the rebellious states to the Union fold. Commonly called the “Ten Percent Plan,” it allowed for a state to hold new elections when 10% of its 1860 voters took a loyalty oath to the Union.
Item #30001.20, $950
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Lincoln as Baseball Champion in The National Game by Currier and Ives
[BASEBALL; ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Lithograph (attributed to Louis Maurer). The National Game. Three ‘Outs’ and One ‘Run.’ Abraham Winning the Ball. New York, N.Y.: Currier & Ives, 1860. 16 x 11 ¾ in.
From the year baseball stepped forward as the national sport: Lincoln, the ‘Rail Splitter,’ is depicted as a victorious player, with candidates Bell, Douglas and Breckinridge looking on. This not only is the first identified reference of baseball as the “national game,” but also can be considered the start of the tradition of sports metaphors in American politics.
Item #22627, $13,500
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1865 General Orders, Including Many Regarding Lincoln’s Assassination
[CIVIL WAR - WAR DEPARTMENT],
Book. Bound collection of separately printed General Orders from the Adjutant General’s office for 1865. Containing 168 of 175 consecutive orders, and a 94-page index at front. Bound for Major General William Scott Ketchum, with his name in gilt on the spine and his markings or wartime notes on numerous pages. 4¾ x 7 in.
Item #22265, $5,550
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George Herbert Walker Bush Amends the Clean Air Act
GEORGE H.W. BUSH,
Typed Letter Signed as President, to Carlos J. Moorhead. Washington, D.C., December 11, 1990. 1 p., 7 x 10½ in. On White House letterhead. With: Navy blue ceremonial pen, with Presidential seal and facsimile Bush signature imprinted in gold, in original box.
Bush thanks the Chairman of the committee that worked to write the 1990 Clean Air Act.
Item #22580, $1,750
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William Henry Harrison Signed as President—Extremely Rare
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Partly Printed Document Signed as President, to John J. Crittenden. Presidential Appointment to the Office of Attorney General, Washington, D.C., March 5, 1841. Countersigned by Daniel Webster as Secretary of State, with autograph endorsement signed by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story.
Appointing as Attorney General Future Slavery Compromiser John J. Crittenden, with signed certification of swearing in by Antislavery Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story.
Item #22920, $145,000
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James Madison and the Virginia General Assembly Protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts
JAMES MADISON,
Printed circular letter from Virginia General Assembly, two pages on one sheet, issued by the Virginia House of Delegates and signed in type by John Stewart as secretary. 8 x 10 in. [Richmond, VA: Augustine Davis, December 24, 1798].
“The General Assembly doth particularly protest against the palpable and alarming infractions of the Constitution, in the two late cases of the Alien and Sedition Acts…the first of which exercises a power no where delegated to the Federal Government.”
On December 24, 1798, the General Assembly of Virginia printed and distributed James Madison’s resolution in protest of the Alien and Sedition Acts, a significant development in the establishment of states’ rights. An equally rare letter, written and signed by the Governor of Virginia, accompanies the resolution as it is delivered to another fledgling state. Unwilling to accept what they view as a trampling of rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the members of the Virginia legislature, under Madison’s guiding hand, formalize and distribute their protest in the form of this resolution.
Item #22461, $18,000
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