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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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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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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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