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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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The 1858 Debates that Propelled Lincoln to National Attention
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Book. Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois. Columbus, Ohio: Follett, Foster, and Co., 1860. 3rd edition, with publisher’s advertisements bound in. 268 pp., 6½ x 9½ in.
Item #22476, $1,500
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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, $1,500
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A Copperhead Newspaper Prints, Then Criticizes, the Emancipation Proclamation
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION,
Newspaper. New York Journal of Commerce. New York, N.Y., January 3, 1863. 4 pp., 24 x 32½ in.
An early report of the Emancipation Proclamation, where the editors describe Lincoln’s bold move as “a farce coming in after a long tragedy....Most of the people regard it as a very foolish piece of business.”
Item #22448.01, $1,450
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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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Rare Lincoln 1864 Presidential Campaign Newspaper
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Newspaper. Father Abraham. Reading, PA: October 4, 1864. Vol 1, No 10. 4 pp., 17¾ x 11¾ in.
Item #23426, $1,250
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Lincoln’s Vice President Talks Local Politics, Muses on Benjamin Wade’s Presidential Potential, and Mulls Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment Trial
HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
Autograph Letters Signed, to Sidney Perham. Bangor, Me., May 9, 1868 and Boston, May 4, 1866. Two letters, both 2 pp., 5 x 8 in., marked “Private” and docketed “H Hamlin.” One on Custom House Collector’s Office letterhead.
Item #22863, $1,200
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Daniel Chester French Adds Lincoln Memorial Statue to His Biography for Who’s Who
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH,
Printed Entry for Who’s Who in America, with handwritten correction, signed by French at bottom. October 1, 1921. New York City. 1 p. 8½ x 10¾ in.
In 1899, Albert Nelson Marquis (1855-1943) published the first edition of Who’s Who in America with biographical information on 8,602 “leaders and achievers” from “every significant field of endeavor.” For the twelfth volume, to be published in 1922 or 1923, French received a printed version of his prior entry with a request for updates. French added his latest and greatest accomplishment, the completion in 1920 of his sculpture for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Item #24358, $1,000
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“Let Us Have Faith that Right Makes Might…”
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN] SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Autograph Quote Signed, from Lincoln’s Cooper Institute speech given on February 27, 1860. Sept 10, 1877.
Schuyler Colfax, U.S. representative from Indiana and vice president under Ulysses S. Grant, pens a famous quote from Lincoln’s Cooper Institute speech.
Item #23916, $950
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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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“Old Neptune” and Stephen P. Lee Together
GIDEON WELLES,
Letter Signed as Secretary of the Navy, Navy Department, Washington, June 16, 1865.
Gideon Welles and Stephen P. Lee revoke an appointment at the end of the war.
Item #21893, $900
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as recorder of deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded. Sample Frame pictured.
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409, $895
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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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The Nation Mourns
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 6, 1865. 16 pp., complete, disbound.
Engravings include: Lincoln and son Tad at home. Scene at the death bed of President Lincoln. Funeral service at the White House. Ford’s Theatre. Attempted assassination of Secretary Seward. Citizens viewing the body at City Hall, New York.
Item #H-5-6-1865, ON HOLD
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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address and the 13th Amendment Ratified
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Book. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1866, New York, N.Y., The Tribune Association, 1865. 96pp., 5 x 7½ in.
Item #30007.002, $650
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A Confederate Newspaper Prints Lincoln’s Response to Horace Greeley’s Anti-Slavery Editorial
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Richmond Whig, Richmond, Va., August 30, 1862. 2 pp., 17 x 24 in.
On the front page under “News from the North” is the text of Abraham Lincoln’s reply to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley. Greeley’s letter urging Lincoln to emancipate all slaves in Union-held territory was known as “The Prayer of Twenty Millions.” It was first published on August 20, 1862. Lincoln responded on August 22, declaring that his paramount goal is to save the Union, regardless of its effect on slavery, as well as his personal views that all men should be free.
Item #30007.01, $650
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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, $650
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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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Lincoln’s Compensated Emancipation Proposal
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN],
Newspaper. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa., March 7, 1862. 8 pp., 15½ x 20½ in. With “Message from the President...Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolition of slavery.” [Printing Lincoln’s March 5 message to Congress on page 1.]
The United States is the only nation in history to end slavery through Civil War. Nations as diverse as Russia, the British Empire, France, Brazil, and others around the world ended their reliance on slave labor through legislative means that included some form of compensation to slave owners for their lost “assets.” Here, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the front page that Lincoln presented a special message to Congress with a plan to end slavery through compensation. There would be no takers among the slaveholding border states.
Item #30001.28, $500
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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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