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A Naval Physician Describes Tension Between Lincoln and Admiral Goldsborough
A. S. HEATH. [CIVIL WAR],
Autograph Letter Signed, to his wife. 4 pp., 7½ x 9¾ in., “U.S. Steamer Daylight, Beaufort Harbor,” Beaufort, [North Carolina], May 23, 1862.
“the President [Lincoln] gives old [Admiral] Goldsborough fits, threatening to cashier him &c &c. Good for the President. Had he known what I have, about him (G) he would have come to the same conclusion six months ago.”
Item #22958, $500
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Burr Orders Interesting Political Books from His Law Partner
AARON BURR,
Autograph Letter Signed, to William Ireson. Albany, N.Y., July 20, 1791.
Item #21480.04, $1,500
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New Jersey’s, “Poor Man’s Counselor” Dockets a Judgment
ABRAHAM CLARK,
Document Signed. Judgment in a civil suit. Docketed by Clark on verso. 1 p., 7½ x 5½ in. Lacking 1/4 of leaf and manuscript, edge chipping.
Item #22991.04, $2,500
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New Jersey Declaration of Independence Signer Approves a Land Survey (SOLD)
ABRAHAM CLARK,
Manuscript Document Signed, Elizabethtown, New Jersey, October 13, 1783, 1 p.
Survey of land in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, signed by Abraham Clark, as a member of the Committee of Elizabethtown.
Item #22076, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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Abraham De Peyster Conveys Property On Broadway To Mary Van Cortlandt
ABRAHAM DE PEYSTER (d. 1767),
Document Signed (“A:D: Peyster”). New York, New York, January 14, 1757.
The children of Abraham De Peyster convey a lot, with “tenement,” on the east side of Broadway above New Street (in the middle of today’s financial district) to Mary Van Cortlandt, their late nephew’s wife. The family patriarch’s will specified that his extensive property holdings in New York City be divided equally among his children. The lot cited here had been Catharine (née De Peyster) Cortlandt’s share of her father’s estate. When Catharine died, her share was inherited by her son, Stephen van Cortlandt. In turn, when he died in 1756, it became the property of his widow, Mary Walton Ricketts van Cortlandt. (Witness Jacob Walton is likely a relative.)
Item #20053, $3,600
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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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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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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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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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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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Congressional Copy of The 13th Amendment Signed by Abraham Lincoln (SOLD)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Document Signed (“Abraham Lincoln”) as President, [Washington, D.C., ca. February 1, 1865]. Co-signed by Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, Schuyler Colfax as Speaker of the House, 37 of the 38 senators and 114 of the 119 Congressmen who voted for it. One of six or seven known “Congressional” copies of the Thirteenth Amendment signed by Lincoln and members of the Senate and House who voted in favor of the resolution [and one of thirteen or fourteen known copies signed by Lincoln]. 1 page, 20 5/8 x 15 3/8”, engrossed on lined vellum.
“Neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States…”
Item #21902, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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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’s Second Inaugural Address- An Unrecorded Broadside (SOLD)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Broadside, “Inauguration of President Lincoln, March 4th, 1865.” [ca. March 4, 1865]. 10 7/8 x 13½ in.
“With malice toward none, with charity for all”
Item #22093, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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Last Formal Photograph of Lincoln, with Son “Tad”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Albumen Photograph by Bouve, Boston, Mass., February 5, 1865, image 6 ¼ x 8 ½ in., mounted on original board, 8 x 10 in.
In this albumen print, Lincoln’s youngest son Thomas is erroneously called “Thaddeus,” because of nickname “Tad.” An unfinished Washington Monument rises in the background, perhaps referencing the funerary monument motif of a broken column as symbolic of a life cut short.
Item #22350, $3,750
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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 Shrewdly Plots to Stop the Spread of Slavery after the Infamous Dred Scott Case
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed (“A. Lincoln”) to Richard Yates, Springfield, Ill., March 9, 1858. 2 pp. 8 x 10”.
A politically re-energized Lincoln shrewdly plots to stop the spread of slavery after the infamous 1857 Dred Scott case.
Lincoln asks Illinois’s future governor to plant an anonymous endorsement for Congressional candidate James Matheny in local newspapers. Though Matheny was not a Republican, Lincoln explains, “he is with us” in opposing the Dred Scott decision. Broadening the base of the Republican Party, Lincoln argues, is essential to defeating pro-slavery forces.
Item #21945.99, PRICE ON REQUEST
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Presidential Candidate Abraham Lincoln Thanks a Supporter for Chicago News, with Republican Convention Materials (SOLD)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Autograph Letter Signed, to P.A. Hackleman. Springfield, Ill., June 8, 1860. 1 p. 5 x 8 in. With a 5 ½ x 3 in. envelope postmarked “Rushville Ills. June 13” and “Springfield, Ill.”
In June 1860, Lincoln had only recently gained the nomination as Republican Presidential candidate. A month earlier, he had been locked in a tight battle with heavy favorite William Seward. Lincoln’s surrogates packed the Chicago Republican convention hall with supporters and enlisted the help of a local newspaper editor to secure the votes of the Ohio delegation. After a raucous debate and inside dealings worthy of Chicago’s political reputation, Lincoln won the nominated on the third ballot.
Item #22613; 22557.01-.02, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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Broadsheet of Lincoln’s 1862 State of the Union Message
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Broadsheet, “Sentinel Extra” [place unknown[1]], ca. December 2, 1862, 9⅛ x 24 in. 2 pp.
We cannot escape history… In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free… We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth...”
One month before signing the Emancipation Proclamation, the president proposes colonization and his plan for compensated emancipation, discusses foreign affairs, reports on progress of the Pacific Railroad, the war and finance. This rare “Sentinel Extra” broadsheet (apparently unrecorded in OCLC) has other news of the day on the verso, including a fantastic article quoting General Meagher’s reaction to the resignation of several officers after McClellan was removed.
Item #22179, $6,500
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Three Weeks after Gettysburg, Lincoln Calls For More Pennsylvania Troops (SOLD)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Partly Printed Document signed as President, July 24, 1863, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., 1 p., 7¾ x 9¾ in.
Lincoln’s 1863 draft order for the 18th District of Pennsylvania. This was one of the first draft calls ever signed, and was executed about two weeks after the Battle of Gettysburg, and one week after the New York Draft Riots.
Item #22532, SOLD — please inquire about other items
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Lincoln’s Famous Mrs. Bixby Letter: Consoling the Mother of Five Sons Killed in the War
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Newspaper. New York World, New York, N.Y., November 26, 1864. 8 pp. Lincoln’s letter appears on page 1, column 4.
A front-page printing of President Lincoln’s famous letter to Mrs. Bixby, on her family’s sacrifice for the Republic.
Item #22507, $1,000
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