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A collection of manuscripts belonging to ancestors of Abraham - ?coin nd 

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BUSH, CHRISTOPHER and ISAAC BUSH. [if 

 

 

Manuscript document signed. 1801 Aug 10.

Hardin County. Kentucky. To James Garrard. An indenture relating to a tof
$500. payable in money and tobacco. 1 page. Folio. Christopher Bush was the
fatb fAbraham Lincoln's step-mother Sarah. Isaac was Sarah's brother.

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Autograph document signed. 1834 Apr 12.

 
 
  

 

 

Spring?eld. 1 page. Oblong ?vo. This receipt is for a wagon and yoke of oxen that
Edwards purchased from the estate of Ninian Edwards, Sr. Ninian Edwards was
Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law.

 

 

 

 

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NINIAN ELIZABETH EDWARDS.
Document signed. 1861 Aug 27.

Deed for lot in Logan County. Ninian Edwards and his wife Elizabeth, sister of Mary
Lincoln, buy land in Logan County.

JOHN.
Manuscript document, signed with his mark. 1823 Sept 8.

To John Carter. 1 page. Narrow oblong. Promissory note for $100. John Hanks
was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln's mother Nancy. He lived with the Lincoln family
in Indiana at various times from 1822 - 1826, working together with Abraham at odd
jobs. and encouraging the Lincolns to move to Illinois.

HELNT, BENJAMIN.-
Autograph document signed. 1811 Aug 13.

Hardin County, Kentucky. 1 page. Oblong 8vo. Legal document to the sheriff of
Hardin County. Helm was the brother-in-law of Mary Lincoln.


Autograph document signed. 1835 Aug.

To Richard Gentry. 1 page. Oblong 8vo. Receipt for legal papers. John Johnston
was Abraham Lincoln's stepbrother, son of Lincoln's beloved stepmother, Sarah
Bush Johnston.

 

 

 

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ABRAHAM.
Manuscript signed. 1778 Jan 23.

Virginia? To Jacob Morgan. Receipt. Colonel Abraham Lincoln was Abraham
Lincoln's grandfather. Receipt for purchase of drum and ?fe during the
Revolutionary War. Documents of this Lincoln kinsman are exceedingly difficult to
acquire.

 

 

 


Partly printed document signed. 1785 Oct 12.

Kentucky? To William Crow, et al. lndenture for three pounds, signed by Lincoln as

witness. 1 page. Folio. important document which pushes Colonel Lincoln's
believed death date past 1784.

 

 


Manuscript signed. 1798 Nov 3.

Hardin County, Kentucky. To Edward Rawlings. This is an agreement to pay a
bond for 22 pounds. relating to a suit for damages, in Elizabethtown. Kentucky.
Lincoln's Haninah Lincoln was the great aunt of President Lincoln.
When Colonel Lincoln was killed by Indians, his family moved in with Haninah.



 

 

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LINCOLN, ISAAC. I
Manuscript signed. 1780 Nov 8.

Washington 00., No. Carolina. To Stephen Hughes. 1 page. 4to. Indenture by
which Lincoln and another individual agreed to pay 960 pounds in settlement of a
legal case. Isaac Lincoln was the younger brother of Colonel Lincoln. a relative of
Daniel Boone. and the first member of the Lincoln family to settle in Tennessee
territory. Years later, President Andrew Johnson died on his property.

 

JAMES BRAEERD. 
Four documents signed. plus two additional documents. Variously dated between
1824 and 1837.

Grayson County. Kentucky Hancock County and Sangamon County. Illinois.
James Bradford Lincoln was a ?rst cousin to President Lincoln. He was a carpenter 
and later served as Justice of the Peace. The signed documents include a
settlement, a claim for a calf, and two promises to pay. The additional two
documents are undated ledger sheets for groceries and dry goods.

 

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A group of 13 documents, some signed by him. 1824 - 1865.

Hancock County, Illinois. Together, a total of 13 pages; various sizes. Promissory
notes, listing of debts, etc.

 

 

 

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ILINCOLN, JOSIAH. 
Manuscript signed. 1801. Aug 31.


To James Garrard (Govemor of Kentucky). 1 page. Oblong 8vo. Marriage bond I
which guarantees that there is no legal cause to obstruct the man'iage between I
Peter Sibert and the daughter of Catherine Briggs. Josiah Lincoln was the brother of
Thomas Lincoln. thus the uncle of Abraham Lincoln. He worked as a carpenter. 


 

 

LINCOLN, MORDECAI.
Manuscript signed. 1794 Feb 6.

To Governor of Kentucky. Bond. Mordecai Lincoln was the eldest brother of
Thomas Lincoln. thus the uncle of Abraham Lincoln. He was a Constable of
Washington County, Kentucky. The bond assures me Kentucky governor that
Mordecai Lincoln will duly pay the constables under his jurisdiction.

 

Eco?B? 
Manuscript signed by both Jacob and by Rebacah with her mark. 1795 Sep 25.
Rockingham County. Va. To Rebacah Lincoln. Bond. 1 page. 4to. Jacob Lincoln

was one of Colonel Abraham Lincoln's four brothers. He borrowed $100 from his
mother Rebacah.

 

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, SARAH BUSH.
Manuscript signed. 1857 June 18.

Coles County. Illinois? To John Hall. Sarah Bush Lincoln was Abraham Lincoln's
loving stepmother. Lincoln made sure he spent time with her every year until he left
for Washington in 1861 . The document acknowledges a payback of $20.50 from
John Hall. related by marriage to Lincoln. Sarah Lincoln typically signs with her
mark.

 

 

 

 

 

LINCOLN. TI-TOMAS.
Manuscript signed. 1816 Oct 12.

Knob Creek. Kentucky. To Commonwealth of Kentucky. Marriage bond, signed by
Thomas as witness. Countersigned by Caleb Hazel, Lincoln's schoolmaster in
Kentucky until the age of seven. 1 page. 4to. Thomas Lincoln was Abraham
Lincoln's father.

 

'?abo, ROBERT SMITH
Autograph document signed. 1813 June 3.

Fayette County, Kentucky. 1 page. Folio. An indenture regarding the renting of a
piece of property, stipulating no timber is to be cut "but for making rails." Robert 3.
Todd was the father of Mary Todd Lincoln.

 

 

 

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TODDI ROBERT SMITH
Autograph letter signed. 1825 Dec 24.

Frankfort, Ky. To Elizabeth Humphrey [Todd's future wife]. 2 112 pages. 4tO.
Robert 8. Todd was the father of Mary Lincoln. A recent widower, Todd pressed his 
courtship in this scandalous letter written on Christmas eve. Humphrey later
became stepmother to Mary Todd. i

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Manuscript listing Of students and their grades. 1859 - 60.

nO place. Two pages. 8vo. From the senior class at Phillips Exeter Academy. while
Robert was a student there.

UNCOLN, ROBERT 
[Book -- from the library Of Robert Todd Lincoln]
Holland, J.G. The Life of Abraham Linco_lr_1.

Spring?eld, Mass, 1866. Large thick 8vo. Specially bound in brown morocco 

covers elaborately gilt-tooled gilt spine; gilt edges. Signed in pencil on title page 
?Robert T. Lincoln."

 

 

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD 8. MARY HARLAN.
Partly printed document, accomplished and signed. 1868 Sept 24.

Washington. 0.6. One page. Oblong 4to. The marriage license for Robert Todd
Lincoln and Mary Harlan certi?ed by Bishop Simpson.


[Book -- from the library of Robert Todd Lincoln]
A Historical Description of Westminster Abbey.

London The Abbey. 1372. 12mo. Original decorative orange paper boards in he
calf slipcase. Boldly signed on front ?yleaf: "Lincoln, June 22, 1872."

LINCOLN. ROBERT 
Autograph letter signed ("Robert T. Lincoln"). 1877 Jan 2.

Chicago. To Jacob Bunn. One page, 8vo. Written on stationery headed "lsham 
Lincoln." Sending a check for $125 for Mary Lincoln's mortgage payment. Bunn
had taken control of Mary Lincoln's money, serving as her ?nancial conservator.

 

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
Manuscript document signed ("Robert T. Lincoln"). 1881 Aug 23.

4 pages. Folio. Pages one and two with affidavit signed by James G. Blaine (then
Secretary of State). Relating to railroad company stock that had been issued to
Blaine. (A few years previous to this Blaine had been accused of corruption in his
relations with some railroad companies.) From the papers of 3.8. French.

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
Autograph note signed. 1882 May 22.

Washington, 0.0. To Senator Horatio Wright. 2 pages. Written on a small oblong
card. With matching War Department envelope. Asking Wright, Chief of Engineers
in Army Corps of Engineers, to confer on the subject of a harbor in Ogdensburg,
N.Y.

LINCOLN, ROBERT 1000.
Letter signed. 1884 Jan 11.

Washington. 0.0. To Senator John Sherman. 1 page. 8vo. Accepting an invitatio
to meet General W.T. Sherman at dinner. Sherman and Robert Todd Lincoln were
proposed as candidates for President and Vice-President.

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD CHESTER ARTHUR.
Document signed. 1884 Jan 22.

Elephant folio. Countersigned by Robert Todd Lincoln. Elaborate decorated
appointment of Benjamin Purssell.

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
Letter signed. 1884 Oct 10.

Washington. D.C. To C.C. Brown. 1 page. 8vo. With original envelope. Agreeing
to meet Brown. a Spring?eld lawyer and son-in-law of John Todd Stuart. in
lSpring?eid. possibly in connection with the Lincoln monument or the Lincoln home.

Abraham Lincoln and Hemdon had conducted Brown's examination for the bar
years earlier.

 

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
Autograph letter signed. 1885 April 17.

Washington. D.C. To an unidentified correspondent. 1 page. 16mo. Stating that
Lincoln cannot furnish an autograph of his father.

 

 

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
Autograph letter signed. 1891 Dec 20.

London. To Mr. Harrison. 4 pages. Large 8vo. On Legation stationery.
Fascinating letter declining to join a veteran's group for various reasons and, in light 
of his fathel?s position. noting that his father "so far from being a 
and sent a substitute into the service."

 



 

LINCOLN, 
Autograph letter signed. 1892 July 4.

London. To BB. French. 3 pages. 8vo. Warm note agreeing to sign the Marriage
Register of French's daughter adding am sorry indeed that Mrs. Lincoln is in
America" (a reference to his wife Mary Harlan Lincoln). From the papers of 8.8.
French.

 

 



LINCOLN, 
[Book - from the library of Robert Todd Lincoln]
Hay. John. Extracts from Diag,

Washington Privately printed, 1908. 3 volumes. Large 8vo. Orig. blue cloth 
printed spine labels uncut. Limited edition. one of 200 copies. With the rubber
stamp of Robert Todd Lincoln and numerous pencil notations by him, mainly
identifying individuals for whom Hay had only cited initials in his text. These were
mostly Robert's contemporaries.

 

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LINCOLNI ROBERT TODD.
Typed letter signed. 1909 Feb 9.

Chicago. To D.C. Pavey. 1 page. 4to. Regarding manuscripts of his father, most
of which are not suitable for an exhibition.

LINCOLN, TODD. 
Typed letter signed. 1909. Feb 11.

To J.L. van Zelm. 1 page. 4to. Declining to sign a photograph of his father.

ROBERT TODD
[Book - from the library of Robert Todd Lincoln]
Nicolay. John G. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln.

New York, 1911. Large Bvo. Orig. green cloth. gilt; top edge gilt. Signed on
preliminary blank "Robert T. Lincoln, February 12th, 1915."

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
Printed check, accomplished and signed. 1919 March 13.

Chicago. One page. oblong. Crediting Mary Harlan Lincoln's account with $1.000.

 

 

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
Printed check, accomplished and signed. 1921 March 10.

Chicago. One page, oblong. Paying $5,000 to Riggs Bank.

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.

Autograph draft letter. not signed. Circa 1921.

Manchester. Vt.? To Mrs. Ferguson. 4 pages. Large 8vo. Deploring Hemdon's
distortions and "outrages." and remarking on proposals for the Lincoln home in
Spring?eld.

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.-
Printed check. accomplished and signed. 1921 Dec 24.

Washington, 0.0. One page. Narrow oblong. Check for $165 for Mary Harlan
Lincoln, written on Riggs Bank.

LINCOLN, TODD.
Typed letter signed. 1925 March 12.

Washington, 0.0. To Mrs. Stuart Mosby Coleman. Two pages. 4to. To a
daughter of Col. John S. Mosby "who I remember very pleasantly." Lincoln names
his children and grandchildren but declines to send a photograph.

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Book from the library of Abraham ("Jack") Lincoln ll]
Reid, Mayne. Stories about Animals.

New York. no date. 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth ?ne copy. Boldly signed 
Lincoln 

 

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Book from the library of Abraham ("Jack") Lincoln ll]

Optic, Oliver. or, the Young?igineer of the Lake Shore
Railroad.

 

Boston. 1869. SW. Orig. brown decorated cloth. Inscribed on ?yleaf: Lincoln I


 

 

 

BECKWITH. MARY LINCOLN
[Book - from the library of Mary Lincoln 
Berkeley. Anthony. Trial and Error.

New York, 1937. 8vo. Orange cloth quarter morocco clamshell case. Signed on
?yleaf Beckwith" and with I'Read by Hemenway" [sic] on rear endpaper.

 

 

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BECKWITH, MARY LINCOLN
[Check]

Pn?nted check, accomplished and signed. 1934 July 10.

Manchester Center, Vt. 1 page. Oblong 12mo. To J. McKenney Berry.

HARLAN. 
Autograph letter signed. 1915 Aug 22.

 

Manchester, Vt. To Mrs. Taylor. 2 pages. 8vo. With envelope. An invitation to
dinner.

LINCOTL WHARLAN. 
[Check]
Printed check. ?lled in. 1917 Aug 3.

Manchester Center. Vt. 1 page. Oblong 12mo. To FE. and CA. Bond.

 

 

 

LINCOLN FAMILY 

 

 



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LINCOLN, THOMAS (father of Abraham Lincoln)
[Artifact]
Cherrywood day bed made by Thomas Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln's father.

Classical revival style, with ladder form scrolling sides and ?aring legs and ?anking a
wide apron tail. 29 1/2 in. 83 in. Commissioned by Richard Vernon,
Hardin County. Kentucky. Then passed to his daughter then to Mary Sweets of
Elizabethtown, Kentucky. One of a handful of surviving pieces of furniture built by
Abraham Lincoln's father. a farmer and trapper in Rockport, lndiana, who
supplemented his income during a brief period by working as a carpenter. building
cabinets and furniture. The bed is well-documented and has been written up
several times in subsequent years. See Lincoln Lore, February 1964, for an article
on furniture built by Thomas Lincoln. Appeared in the exhibition "Abraham Lincoln 
A Personal Journey" at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

LINCOLN, 
[Artifact]
An American cherrywood plantation desk made by Thomas Lincoln. Circa 1820.

The upper portion with a cove-molded projecting pediment over two doors glazed
with six panels. Each panel bound by mullion bars and enclosing separate shelves.
The lower portion with a ?ap-up writing surface coven'ng a well over a wide apron
with central keystone tablet medallion. On round tapering legs ending in in-cut
knees and globular feet1l4 in. This piece was
owned by Dr. Crook. the ?rst practicing doctor in Spencer 00.. Indiana; then given to
Judge Thomas De Bruler of southern Indiana then to Dr. A.D. Ga?inghouse.
druggist and doctor in Rockport. Ind; then passed to his grandson, Townsend
Taylor. of Rockport and South Bend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GRIMSLEY, ELIZABETH TODD.
[Photograph]
Ambrotype of Elizabeth Todd Grimsley.

Date unknown. In the original leather case with snap intact. Image on left within gilt
border; red velvet insert on right. Image :2 1/2 in. 2 in. Given to W.H.
Townsend by Elodie Helm Lewis. With a note of authentication. Elizabeth Todd
Grimsley was a favorite companion of Mary Todd's as a girl and even took part in
her wedding ceremony. serving as a bridesmaid. When the Lincolns moved to
Washington, D.C. in 1861 she went as well. helping Mary to adjust to her new life.
The experience was recorded in her book, Six Months at the White House. In later
years, afterthe death of Tad Lincoln in 1871, Grimsley cared for Mary while she
lived in thgaoo.

TODD, s. 
[Artifact]
Scrapbook.

Containing calling cards of Todd ancestors, signatures of George W.P. Custis and

Washington Irving. hundreds of clippings relating to the Todd family, etc. 80 leaves.
Fanny was_Mary Todd Linchn's_sister.

LINCOLN, WILEIAM WALLACE
[Sheet music]
WHEELOCK. 0. The Savior of our Dedicated to Little Willie.

Philadelphia: Marsh, 1865. 4 pages. Folio. Title page with large oval vignette of
Abraham Lincoln and Tad after the Brady portrait.

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD
[Artifact -- Glassware] I
Eleven cut, colorless glass water goblets. formerly belonging to Robert Todd Lincoln..

Used in his home Hildene in Manchester, Vermont. Late 19th c. Each with a
paneled baluster stem and tulip?shaped base. 6 112 in One broken. (Priced
based on lot of ten goblets.)

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD.
[Artifact -- Glassware]
Eight cut, colorless glass sherry glasses, formerly belonging to Robert Todd Lincoln.

Used in his home Hildene in Manchester. Vermont. Late 19th c.

LINCOLN, ROBERT 
[Book -- from the library of Robert Todd Lincoln]
Amold. Isaac N. of Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slave?.

Chicago. 1866. Large 8vo. Orig. purple cloth. gilt. Inscribed by author in pencil on
front ?yleaf to Robert T. Lincoln. Sometime later Isaac Arnold served as Mary Todd
Lincoln's defense lawyer during her trial on insanity charges.

 

 

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD -
[Book - from the library of Robert Todd Lincoln]
Thayer, William M. The Pioneer Boy [in Hawaiian]. I

Translated by Samuel C. Andrews. New York, 1869. 12 mo. Original brown cloth 
quarter red morocco slipcase. Inscribed on flyleaf by JD. Caton. previously Chief

Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, to RT. Lincoln. And with the signature of 
Abraham Lincoln ll (Robert's son). From Robert Todd Lincoln's library at Hildene. 

LINOOLN, ROBERT 
[Book -- from the library of Robert Todd Lincoln]
Boyd, Andrew. A Memorial Lincoln 

Albany, 1870. Large 8vo. Orig. burgundy cloth. With Robert T. Lincoln's name
stamped on flvle_af a?d at top of ?le page:_  

 

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD
[Book from the library of Robert Todd Lincoln]
Fish, Daniel. Lincoln Literature.

 

Minneapolis, 1900. Small folio. Original gray paper wrappers in quarter red
morocco slipcase. One of only 160 copies printed. M1 A typed letter signed
from Fish. presenting the book to Robert Todd Lincoln, December 8th, 1900.

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LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD
A group of printed items relating to his Harvard studies.

Including 

a) Two printed report cards. 1860 - 61 and 1863 - 64, each four pages, 8vo.

b) Roll of Students of Harvard College who have served in the Army or Navy during
the War of the Rebellion. 1865 July 21. no place. 48 pp. 12mo.

0) Two printed admission tickets for Class Day, June 24th. 1864. listing Lincoln as a
member of the committeeLl??d with an envelope_a?essed to Mr. Elliot.

LINCOLN, ROBERT TODD and MARY HARLAN LINCOLN.
[Cards]

A group of ?ve printed calling cards for Mr. Robert Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln and
one card noting that the_y_ are unable to attend an event.

 

LINCOLN, THOMAS 
{Sheet music]
rTumer, J.W. Little Tad; Ballad.

Boston: Ditson, 1865. 4 pages. Folio.

 

 

 

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LINCOLNTMARY HAELKN (wife of Robert Todd Lincoln)
[Artifact]

Ten American ?ddle pattern teaspoons, formerly belonging to Mary Harlan Lincoln.

Engraved in stylized script. Maker's mark Sargent.? Handles with dog-
nose terminals. The reverse with maker's mark and stamped "Sterling." 5 1/2 in. (I)

 

 

 

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MARY HARLAN
[Artifact]

A silk and crochet folding rectangular handkerchief case. formerly belonging to Mary
Harlan Lincoln.

From her home Hildene. One side with crocheted borders and central design of a
in flight Qink sills-_ 8 112m square-

MAEY 
[Artifact]

A lady's lingerie bag, formerly belonging to Mary Harlan Lincoln.

From her home Hildene. Pink silk with pink silk handles covered in elaborate hand-
crocheted openwork design. depicting a standing lady holding a cornucopia. With
two pockets designed to hold linens. Laid inside one is a handkerchief. 17 1/4 in.

meow, MARY HARLAN.
American Security and Trust Co.
Printed document. 1942 Jan 3 - Feb 3.

 

Statement of Account for the May Harlan Lincoln Trust. 10 pages. 4to.

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SMITH. MINNIE
[Photograph]
Tintype of Minnie Smith as a toddler. Ca. 1859. 





Minnie Smith was Mary Lincoln's niece. the daughter of Mary's younger sister Ann
and her husband Clark M. Smith. a successful_?pringfie?mt?hant. 

ASSOCJEES

C.R.

Partly printed document. accomplished and signed. 1834 May 7.

Spring?eld. 2 pages. Folio. An order written by Matheny as clerk to seize "goods
and chattels, lands and tenements of Abram [sic] Lincoln and Wm F. Berry.? in
Fsettlementof their debt to William Wa_tkins.

A collection ofrnanuscripts, printed material, photographs, artifacts, etc. 
relating to Lincoln's contemporaries and associates, both from his Springfield:
years and his presidential years in_Washington.

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ADAMS, JAMES.
Partly printed document signed. 1839 Dec 13.

Spring?eld. To Ezekiel Bowman. 1 page. Folio. Docketed by J.W. Keys on verso. .
For more on James Adams, see Lincoln manuscripts, including an autograph legal

document and the first example of printed material in the Lincoln canon. 

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ALLEN, WILLIAM 
Autograph letter signed. 1861 Jan 26.

Spring?eld. To "Mother.'I 3 pages. 4to. Fine letter recounting a visit to Lincoln as 
President-elect, with two southern "?re eaters." Mentions attempts of other I
southemers to assassinate Lincoln by sending him poisoned fruit. Appeared in the

exhibition '_'Blood on the M0033

 

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Autograph letter signed. 1916 Jan 13.

Stapleton, N.Y. To John E. Boos. 2 pages. 8vo. Declining to be present at a
observance. Bailhache was Liicoln's fam?dgctor in Spring?eld._ 


Autograph manuscript signed. 1916.

Stapleton, N.Y. 2 pages. 4to. Biographical sketch with information on his Civil War
service and meetings with Lincoln in Spring?eld in 1857. Also. a ball game of "fives"
at which Lincoln was an expert. 

 

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BAKER. EDWARD D.
Autograph manuscript signed. 1837 Sept 6.

Spring?eld. 1 page._0blong8vo. Legalple_a in a 93le trespass.

BAKER, EDWARD STEISHEN LOGAN. 
Autograph document signed. 1840 [41] Jan 21.

Spring?eld. 1 page. Oblong 8vo. Agreement in a legal case by the two attorneys
involyed.

BARTON, WILLIAM. 
Typed letter signed. 1927 Mar 25.

Detroit. To Mrs. Skeel. 4 pages. 8vo. Lincoln scholar describes work on his
various books.

BROWNING, ORVILLE.
Card, signed and dated 1868 Mar 13.

CARPENTER, FRANCIS.
Autograph manuscript signed. 1899 Apr 22.

New York. 1 page. 8vo. Quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes ?Last Leaf on the
Tree?. written in Carpenter?s hand. Carpenter, painter and White House
residentl claimed that Lincoln introduced him tgthese ?nes: .

 

 

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CHASE, CATHERINE.
Autograph letter signed. 1887 Apr 8.

To "Colonel." Catherine Chase was the daughter of Salmon P. Chase and the belle
of Washington during the Civil War. In this letter she discusses her attempt to
authenticate a nailing that she owns.

 

CHASE, 
[Cartes-de-visite]
Two cartes-de-visite of Catherine Chase. Circa 1860.

One image by Anthony from a Brady negative. The second image, source
unidenti?ed.

 

 

 

CLAY, HENRY.
[Bas Relief]
Portrait of Henry Clay.

Philadelphia, ca. 1850. Portrait of Clay standing. With an elaborate gilt and
border. 24 20 in. In original frame. On verso A broadside
advertising l-?mes? Prometheotvpe_ portrait of Hon. Henry 

 


Autograph document signed. 1855.

Spring?eld. Legal appeal in the case of Gillet vs. Bedinger. 2 pages. Folio. Davis
:was Lincoln's friend and campaign manager in 1860.

 

 

 

 

 

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Autograph letter signed. 1864 Nov 6.

To "Father." Letter containing anti-Lincoln sentiments.

 

 

BEWSOII WILLIAM
[Book]
Two books from the library of William Dennison; one signed by him.

Adams, Charles Francis. Address on the Life H. Seward. Albany. 1873.
Tall 8vo Brown cloth. Signed by Dennison.

Offered with 
Welles, Gideon. Lincoln and Seward. New York. 1874. Green cloth. gilt. A

response to the preceding title. Volumes housed together in specially made quarter 
morocco case.

 

 

 

DOUGLAS, STEPHEN. 
Document signed. 1836 Aug 30.

Jacksonville, Illinois. 1 page. 8vo. To John T. Jones. Promissory note,
accomplished and signed by Douglas, regarding a sale of land. A very early
e?mpl_e_signed "Douglass" lsi?l._

 

 

DOUGLAS, 
Document signed. 1843 May 27.

Spring?eld. Legal writ, signed as Judge of the SUpreme Court of Illinois. 2 pages.
Eoligframed with portrait.

 

 

 

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DOUGLAS, STEPHEN.
[Bound volume]

A collection of nine printed speeches. covering the period 1851 to 1859.

The speeches are bound together in a volume that also contains the only separate
printing of the Lincoln-Douglas debate held in Alton, Illinois, on October 15. 1858.
Monaghan, Lincoln 10. The ?fth speech included is inscribed by
Douglas "John Hardy with the respects of SA. Douglas." Bound in grey cloth and
hol?e_d_in_a_black slipcase.

 

omens, 
collection of fourteen manuscripts. relating to cases handled by Douglas.

Mostly in his holograph and all signed by him. Dating from 1834 to 1857 and
spanning his entire legal career. Includes legal briefs. promissory notes, deeds, a
check from the Illinois Auditors Of?ce and two autograph letters signed. Together.
alarm??nitely gages.

 

DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A.
?[Bound volume]

A volume containing 42 printed speeches and public papers of Stephen A. Douglas.
1844 - 1861 .

Large thick 8vo. Bound in cloth-backed boards; edges gilt. Includes The Campaign
and Lincoln at_Alton. Monaghan 10.

 

 

 

DOUGLAS, STEDHEN A. 
[Artifact - Badge]
Qircularmetal campaign badge

 

 

 

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DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A.
[Carte-de-visite].
Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Stephen A. Douglas. Circa 1860.

B31 Anthony._ N.Y. 

 

A.
[Photograph]
Miniature oval portrait photograph of Stephen A. Douglas. Circa 1860.

2 1 1/2 in., incl. mount. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth" at the
Chic_agg Historical Society.

 

 

 

o?jcu?, 
[Engravings]
Stephen Douglas." "Mrs. Douglas." (2 items).

A pair of wood engraved portraits, removed from an issue of "Leslie?s Weekly."
Each measures 14 9 1A in. Mrs. Adele Cutts Douglas in ?owered gown.

DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A.
[Sculpture]

Bochetta, Vittore. Taken from the original bronze casting done by Leonard VolkI
1858. Life mask of Stephen Douglas.

 

Bronze. Recast from Volk's original produced in 1858, now in the Chicago Historical
Society. Marble base. 8 in. 6 4 1/2 Appeared in the exhibition "Last
FBest nge of Earth." 

 

 

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EDISON, ALVA.
Autograph note signed. 1880 June 17.

Menlo Park. NJ. To Osborn Oldroyd. 1 page. 8vo. A Lincoln quotation. framed
with a photo of Edison. Part of Edison's quotation appears in The Lincoln Memorial I
Album - lmmortelles, published in 1882. See also Sandburg's Lincoln Collector
which states that this manuscript was part of the Barrett collection.

 

 



 

EVANS, ESTWICK.
[Broadside]
"To the people of the US After having 1864 Nov 3.

Washington. 0.0. 1 page. Folio. Strongly worded challenge to Copperhead
gntimentsurging?ntinued war against the 

 

 

EVANS, ESTWICK.
[Broadside]
"To the Honorable Reverdy Johnson.?I 1864 Oct 7.

defe_nse of President Li_nco n. 



FOSTER, EDWIN.
Autograph manuscript signed. No date.

 

No place. 1 page. 8vo. Statement by an elderly man who had seen Lincoln and
Dougl? de_b_atiat_ 18g}.?

 

 

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Autograph letter signed. 1861 Mar 4.

Philadelphia. To "Brother." 2 pages. 4to. Reaction to Lincoln's Inauguration and
the subseguent celebration in Washington.

 



FRENCH, BENJAMIN BROWN.
An archive of twenty-six manuscript letters, documents, and directives to French. as
well as printed material. Varioust dated between 1855 and 1891.

French served as Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds during Lincoln's
administration. Highlights include 

a) A letter from Caleb Smith announcing French's appointment as Commissioner of
Public Buildings and Grounds.

b) A pass through military lines, incorporating an oath to the Union.

d) A letter to Amos Tuck from Governor Yates of written in August of 1863.
discussing whether or not the Copperheads are about to embroil the free states in 
revolution.

e) Two William Seward letters. of war date.

f) An invitation to the 1865 Presidential Inauguration Ball.

9) Newspaper clippings regarding the murder of the President.

h) A pass to the Executive Mansion and a program for the Lincoln funeral
procession, both dated April 19. 1865.

i1.An acknomzledoementon hiack?nniace?le?enhead 

 

 

 

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FRENCH, BENJAMIN BROWN.
[Photograph].
Brady. Matthew B. Oval portrait photograph of 3.3. French.

Measures 8 5 in. (approx.). plus mount. Seated portrait of French in Masonic
garb. From the papers of 3.3. French.

GARLAND, NICHOLAS.
rDocument signed. 1837 Oct 20.

Spring?eld. To Jefferson Phillips. 1 page. Folio. Indenture regarding the sale of
land. Also, signed twice by Thomas Moffett. a legal associate of Lincoln's. Garland
was a storekeeger in New sale-m;

GRAHAM, K. RICHESOE. 
Document signed. 1832 Apr 14.

Countersigned by James Adams. Sangamon County. Af?davit re will of Fanny
was af?arlyiupportt?funcoln's ed?ational efforts.

ULYssas?s. 
[Invitation]

Printed invitation to the wedding of Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Ellen. Tuesday,
May 21 1874.

 n_Vl_Iashingt_on, 8v9._Frarn_ed.

 

 

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GREELEY, HORACE.
Autograph letter signed. 1869 Nov 10.

New York. To 0.0. Case 1 page. 8vo. Requesting a special copy of a book when .
published. The letter is tipped into a copy of Greeley?s book. Recollections of a_
Busv Life. 3.
GREEN, BOWLING.

Manuscript document signed. 1831 Dec 24.

New Salem. Bill of sale. To John On Christmas Eve Bowling Green accepts an
appraisal of a young colt from John Yearby. a resident of New Salem. The horse
had been appraised by William Hoheimer and James Berry. a friend of Lincoln's.
Bowling Green_w_as also a good friend of Lincoln's.

HAY, JOHN M.
Autograph endorsement (unsigned).

Written on verso of a letter from G.J. Wood. Mumfordville, Ky. 1861 Aug 7. Hay's I
correspondence is addressed to Lincoln. recommending Asher W. Graham for a
judge's appointment of "one of the Kentucky Districts."

HAY, JOHN.
Autograph letter signed. 1891 June 9.

London. _To ?ag: Harlan Limoln. 1 page. 8vo. Politelx declining an_invita_tion.

 

 

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JOHN.
Autograph letter signed. 1862 Feb 28.

Washington. To E.A. Burke. 3 pages. 8vo. Observing that "for some weeks
sickness in the President's family" and the death of Willie Lincoln has made it
impossible to discuss an appointment with Lincoln. Henderson was a U.S. Senator.
to?v best known for introducing the Thirteenth Amendment.__

 

 

 

H.

Gathering of six items, including two autograph documents signed. and four
autograph letters signed. Variously dated between 1853 Aug 1 and 1869 Nov 23.

A grouping of legal briefs and estate settlements. One of the letters states that he is

unable to supply an autograph of Lincoln, having given away all he possessed.
Hemdon was Lincoln's law partner.

 

 

WILLIAM H.

A small archive of letters and documents written or signed by Herndon, all relating to

his legal work. either in partnership with Abraham Lincoln or separately. Various
dates. 1853 - 1857.

Illinois. Including two autograph letters signed "Lincoln and Hemdon"; three
autograph letters signed Hemdon"; and four legal documents, one in
Hemdon's hand. A total of nine items (plus fragment of legal document).

 

 

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ROBERT JOSHUA FRY SPEED.
Document signed. 1837 Sept 9.

Spring?eld. Appraisal of a plot of land. 1 page. 8vo. Irwin was Lincoln's ?nancial
advisor and friend in Spring?eld and Speed was Lincoln's best friend in his early
 v_ears there.

IRWIN, ROBERT.
[Check]
Partially printed check. ?lled in and signed by With. 1857 Sept 26.

 

'Written_ on the Spring?eld Marine Fire Ins_. Co. Paya?e to 

WILLIAM. 
Autograph document signed. 1857.

Spring?eld. Detailed plan of the state road in Spring?eld. Certi?ed by Jayne as
Mayor of the city.

Offered with
[Photograph]
Portrait photograph of William Jayne.

 4to. William Jayne was the brother of the friend of Mary Lincoln, Julia
Jayne. Julia's friendship with Lincoln's wife ended abruptly when Julia's husband,
Lyman Trumbull_defeated Lincoln in _the semrial elecLion ofj 8i 

 

 



 

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JOHNSON, ANDREW.
[Engraving].
Engraved portrait of Andrew Johnson.

After a photographby Matthew E?ly. 8 7 in.. framed._ 

LAMON, WARD 
Autograph letter signed. 1855 Apr 19.

Danville, Illinois. To Webber. 1 page. Folio. Lamon enters himself as security for a
Emil;

LAMON, 
[Artifact]
Ashtray.

Brass and glass. 3 3/4 in. (diam.) Contains ten portraits, covered in glass. Nine
are of Lamon; one is of the craftsman who manufactured the piece. Stamped on
verso "Patent La Bath Szabadalma.? A unique piece only one copy made.
Lamon. a lawyer, was Lincoln's friend and later, his bodyguard. He was on
a mission. pg of town whenLincoln was assassinated. 

LOGAN, 
Autograph document signed. 1841 July 14.

Spring?eld. Legal writ in the case of Tinsley vs. Payne, directing the judge to notify
the defendant of action directed against him. Logan was Lincoln's law partner from
1841 to 1844.



 



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LOGAN, STEPHEN T.
Autograph document signed. 1844 Apr 20.

Sangamon County: Receipt for $132 i_n a judgment. .

LOGAN, T. 

A small archive of documents and letters written or signed by Logan. Various dates,
I1841 - 50. 

 

Illinois. Including two autograph letters signed to Governor G. Koerner; four

autograph receipts; one printed receipt; and two legal documents. A total of nine
items.




A group of eight documents. I

Containing seven legal documents. variously dated between 1828 and 1840, and
one fascinating and mysterious indenture of an eight-year old mulatto girl from
prominent Spring?eld [and speculator James Adams to Ninian Edwards in 1840.
The "Long Nine" was the name given to a group of tall legislators. led by Abraham
Lincoln, who represented Sangamon County in 1836 - 1837. Their principal claim to
fame was getting Spring?eld named the capitol of illinois. Included in the group
were John Dawson, William F. Elkin. Job Fletcher, Archer G. Herndon. Daniel
Stone, Andrew McCormickI Robert L. Wilson and Ninian W. Edwards.

MADISON. 
Typed letter signed. 1928 Dec 12.

Chicago. To Laura lsham. 1 page. 8vo. Fowvarding a memorandum to the wife of
Robert Todd Lincoln's law partner.

 

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EDWIN. 
[Broadside]
Printed broadside of "The Man with the Hoe." Signed and dated by Markham, 1931.

Folio. Framed with a portrait of Markham.

MASTERSIEDEAR LEE.
Autograph manuscript signed. 1939 Oct 2.

New Yorup_age. 4to. A fair of his_12-lin_e_chn 

WATHENY, CE 
Partly printed document signed. 1839 Apr 29.

Spring?eld. 1 page. 8vo. Marriage license signed by Matheny Charles Dresser
(who performed the ceremony for Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd in 1842). This
document replicates_the_ir_ lignse i_ssued thregvears later._


Autograph document signed. 1853 Oct 27.

Spring?eld. 2 pages. Folio. A very detailed plat map of Spring?eld, showing
individual lots. With Matheny's attestation of accuracy. Matheny served as "best
man" at Lincoln's wedding and was the Circuit Court Recorder for Sangamon
Couniv.

 

 

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Autograph letter signed. 1864 Oct 29.

Evansville. 4 pages. Folio. To "Albert". Chatty letter with a passage regarding the
'likelihogof Lincolt being E-electgd 

 

JOEL.
Document signed. 1855 Sept 25.



Spring?eld. 1 page. Folio. Certi?cation for appointment as ?rst lieutenant.
Matteson served as Governor of Illinois.

. 

 

OFFICE. 

First property tax lists. 1839.

2 vols. Elephant folio. Bound in full calf. Includes mention of Abraham Lincoln as a
taxpayer in New Salem. These volumes list real estate. slaves, and other taxable
property in the newly-formed county and serve as the ?rst property tax records there.
Dozens of Lincoln's old New Salem friends and neighbors are listed. Among them
are many Rutledges. Berrys, Clarys, Bennetts and Camrons. Abraham
Lincoln himself is listed as a land owner near the end of the ?rst volume, being the
possessor of seven lots in the town of Huron, which are valued at Huron. a
projected canal terminus, had been surveyed by Lincoln in May of 1836. Evidently,
Lincoln had been paid in land for his survey work. A fellow Huron land owner shown

in these volumes is Ninian Edwards. a proprietor of Huron and future brother-in-law
of. 

 

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TVIESERVE, FREDERICK. ?7
Autograph letter signed. 1910 Nov 8.

New York. 1 page. 4to. To Robert Todd Lincoln. Sending an advertisement for his I
book and a_ portrait of_.lohn Wi_lk_es Booth.

 


MESERVE, FREDERICK.
Autograph letter signed. 1910 Dec 26.

New York. To Robert Todd Lincoln. Asking about photos of Robert, Thomas and
Willie Lincoln to be used in his book.


Autograph letter signed. 1911 Jan 29.

New York. 1 page. 4to. To Robert Todd Lincoln. Urging Lincoln to reply to his
query.

NICOLAY, JOHN.
Autograph letter signed. 1899 Oct 8.

Washington. 2 pages. 8vo. To D. Miller. Regarding the 1860 campaign pamphlet
b1 Scrimma?

INICOLAY, JOHN.
E_ngraved calling card.

Notes from trial. - 
In the case of John C. Baddeley et al vs Jessie Burke. ca. 1838.

 

?gages. Folio.

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PENDEL, THOMAS F. - 
Autograph manuscript signed. 1898 Aug 29.

Washington. 1 page. 8vo. Furnishing a sketch of his life and service since 1864 as
White House doorman. Noting that he stood at the door and let Lincoln and. years
later, Gar?eld out of the White House on the days of their assassination.

Offered with 
[Photograph]
Cabinet portrait photograph of Thomas Pendel.

Inscribed and signed in lower margin, Washington, August 30, 1898. 5 1I2 3 7/8
in. Appeared in the exhibition "Blood on the Moon."

 



 

 

RADFORD: RUEBEN. 
Partially printed document. signed. 1831 June 11.

no place. 2 pages. Folio. Regarding the sale of Radford's dry goods store in New
Sale?1?l Lincoln ar?erm 

 



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PROLL, JOHN LINDEN.
Autograph letter signed. 1943 Jan 5.

Springfield. To John C. Boos. 1 page. 4to. Forwarding various Lincoln materials.

Offered with:
ROLL. JOHN. Typed manuscript signed.

2 pages. 4to. An account of Roll?s connection with Lincoln and recollections of
hearing the "House Divided" address.

 

 

SAINT NICHOLAS HOTEL.- 
Document signed. 1859 Apr 22.

Spring?eld. 1 page. 4to. Bill to CM. Hatch for accommodations. With large
vignette depicting the hotel. The Saint Nicholas was the site where Lincoln went
d_ai y. e_a_rly _in sit for the bust that Thomas Dow Jones sculpgd of him.

 

. - 

JOY-IN.
Partly printed document signed. 1840 Nov.

Jacksonville. Illinois. 1 page. Folio. Certifying election results for Jacksonville in
which Lincoln received 155 votes for Elector. Signed by clerks of the 1840 election.

 

 

 



WILLIAM H.
Partly printed document signed. Circa 1858.

Washington. 1 page. 4to. Furnishing basic biographical information to Charles
_Lanman.

 

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SEWARD, WILLIAM H.
Letter signed. 1865 Jul 25.

Washington. To Nathan Sargent. 1 page. 8vo. Forwarding a consular dispatch to
Sargent, Commissioner of Customs. Seward was Lincoln's Secretary of State and
Sargent was a friend and supporter of Lincoln's. Framed.

SEWARD, WILLIAM H.
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Seward. Circa 1865. I

From the Brady negative. Puglished py ALhonyLN_ew York. 

SHIELDS, STEPHEN 
Autograph letter signed. written and signed by Shields: additionally signed by
Douglas. 1853 Mar 14.

To William L. Marcy. Secretary of State. Recommendation for a consular
appointment. Shields. Lincoln's rival, challenged him to a duel in 1842. Both
Shields and Douglas were Senators at this _time.

'smco, HENRY.
Document signed. 1832 Aug 4.

Sangamon County. 1 page. Folio. Promissory note. Also signed by Charles
Maltby. _Li_ncoln's boyhood friend, who seged with him?I the?ck H_av1k V_Va_r.

 

 

 

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DANIEL.
Autograph letter signed. 1868 Oct 7.

Chester, To Eliza Slataper. 2 pages. 8vo. Written to his mother.
expressing approval that she did not go to Europe with Mary Lincoln and Tad and
mentioning his school studies.. Daniel Slataper was the son of Mary Lincoln's good
f_riend and?freguent CQng?Jndg?L Eliza?Slatape_r. 

sheebmwle? 
Inscription and signature.

Probably_c_ut from a larger documggt.

SPENCER, A.L.
Autograph manuscript signed. 1911 Jul 10.

Marsh?eld. Missouri. 2 pages. 4to. Furnishing recollections of having attended the
degate at_ Freeport on Augustgl, 1858.?
SPRAGUE, 
Autograph letter signed. 1864 Oct 9.

Albany. New York. To Dr. Phineas D. Gurley. Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island.
requests assistance for a fellow clergyman who wishes to see President Lincoln.
Gurlev was Lincoln's_past_or.

EDWIN M.
Autograph letter signed. 1867 Sept 24.

New York. To Edwards Pierrepont. 1 page. 8vo. Declining an invitation and hinting
at events about to transpire.

 

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STONE, DANIEL.
Autograph document signed. 1835 Oct 24.

Sangamon County. 1 page. Oblong 8vo. Marriage certi?cate renewal. Stone was
a member of Lincoln's group of_associaias known as t?e "Long_Nine."

STUART, JOHN T.
Autograph document signed. 1830 Apr 6.

no place. 1 page. Oblong 8vo. Precjpejn the case of Smallwood vs?er.

.STUART, JOHN.
Autograph letter signed. 1861 .

Spring?eld. To Mr. McGalliard._1 page.- _4to._R_egarding a legal case.


STUART, JOHN T.

A small collection of letters and documents written or signed by John T. Stuart.
Various dates. 1830 - 1861.

Illinois. Including two autograph documents signed: an autograph letter signed and

dated May 21. 1834; a copy of the Sangamo Journal. Nov 1. 1837; and four related
legal documents._ A total of ei_qh_t items.

swim?RT, JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]

Carte?de-visite photography of John Stuart, signed by him. Published by Brady.
S_t_uart was a relative o_f Ma_ry Todd Lincoln.

 

 

 

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SWETT, LEONARD. 
Autograph document signed. 1857 Oct.

Champaign County, Illinois. 1 page. Folio. Legal note re the case of Taylor vs.
was Lincoln's campaign manager.

 

 

a '8 "m 
Autograph letter signed. 1861 Feb 12.

Baltimore. To a cousin. 2 pages. Oblong 8vo. Predicting that the Electorate will be
disappointed in Lincoln and acknowledging that he had voted against him in the
_r_ecent election.


Autograph letter signed. 1860 July 19.
Alton, Illinois. To Samuel J. Kirkwood. Governor of Iowa. 2 pages. 8vo. Good

political letter between fellow Republicans. noting "we are having a close ?ght in Ill."
Irumbull, who later became iepion 

 

 


Autograph letter signed. 1868 Mar 7.

Washington. To Governor A.H. Holly. 1 page. 8vo. Re the impeachment of
President Andrew Johnson (which Trumbull opposed) and vowing that each senator


 

 

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WEIK, JESSE.
Autograph letter signed. 1922 Feb 27.

To Townsend. Re article about Lincoln and his scrapbook collection.

Offered with set of books.
Hemdon 8: Weik's Herndon's Lincoln.

Weik's letter is tipped into the back of the ?rst volume of the set of books. The

three volume set. published in Chicago. 1889. is housed in a morocco folding box.
Volume I is also inscribed by Weik to Townsend and has bookplates of Townsend
and?tir?ur?er.

 

w.
Autograph letter signed. 1924 Feb 11.

Greencastle. Ind. To John E. Boos. 2 pages. With envelope. 4to. Regarding
various Lincoln papers and identifying certain individuals.

 


Autograph letter signed. 1863 Sept 18.
Washington. To Mrs. Welles (his wife). Regarding messages from a US. naval

vessel and its arrival in New York and Newport. Gideon Welles served as Lincoln's
Secretary oLWaLr._ 

 

 

 

 

 

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WILLIAMS, GEORGE.
Autograph letter signed. 1922 Sept 22.

Spring?eld. To "Neice" [sic]. 12 pp. Revealing letter regarding the accuracy of
Herndon's work on Lincoln and recounting much Hemdon family history. Williams
was the brother-in-law of Herndon's last law partner, Alfred Orendorff.

wvinAN, WILLIAM H.
"Daily Journal for 1866."

Manuscript diary. with entries written in ink and pencil. Moultrie County. Illinois.
Narrow folio. Cloth-backed boards. Lincoln had spent time as a young lawyer on
.the_cirrmn mult?LComty. 


BRASWELL, DEMPSEY et al.
Document signed. 1834 July 26.

Manuscript property and_slayes. _Magog County?lab?na;

 

 

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[Broadside]

SAMUEL.

"Commissioner?s Sale of Valuable Negroes.. 1859 Dec 31.

Hardin County, Kentucky. 1 page. Folio. Printed in large display types. Mentions
Elizabethtown. Kentucky, which was Lincoln's Appeared in the
exhibition "Last Best _ng_e of Earth.? 



[Broadside]

THOMAS A.

"Marshal's The 1864 Dec 2.

Louisville, Kentucky. 1 page. Folio. Printed in display types. Announces sale of
slaves by decree of the Chancery Court. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best
Hope of Earth."



HOWARD, BENJAMIN C.

Report of the decision of the _S_u_r;reme Court of the United States? and the opinions
of the ju_c_ige?_thereofl in the case of Dreg Scott vs J_ohn F.A. Sandford.

Washington: C. Wendell, 1857. 8vo. Bound in original printed wrappers cloth
slipcase.

 

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[Newspaper]
Harper's Weekly. 1863 Jan 17.

Vl?th front cover illustration of a slave being whipped, a two-page centerfold
illustration by Thomas Nast of the Civil War. and an article by Vl?lkie Collins on the
Mankato, Minnesota magacre.




BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT
John Brown's Body.

New York Doubleday, Doran Co.. 1928. Large 8vo. Edition ltd. to 201 copies.
signed by the author. Bound in paper boards with slipcase. ln specially made box
with leather spine label. Vl?th the bookplate of H. Bradley Martin.


STEPHEN VINCENT
Bodv.

 

New York Limited Editions Club, 1948. Folio. Edition ltd. to 1500 copies. Bound
in rLoth-


[Poster]
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" [the movie]. 1914.

Erie, Penn. Advertising poster for an early cinematic treatment of the novel by
Harriet Beecher S_towe.

 

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?LL?swohm?aIMEn. ?l
Autograph letter signed. 1860 June 5. 5

To Spelman.

Framed with
CURRIER IVES.
?Death of Col. Ellsworth." 1861.

Color lithograph. Ellsworth (1837 - 1861) was the ?rst casualty of the Civil War. In
this letter he issues a ?owery response to the commander of a New York Zouave
unit: have the honor to acknowledge on behalf of my command your kind 
'It will certainly afford us great pleasure to accept your courtesy on the occasion of
our visit to the East. I send you a 

 

- 

ELLSWORTH. 
[Cartes-de-visite.]
Albumen prints. (2 items)

One identi?ed on verso as printed by Anthony from a Brady negative. Other

identi?ed on recto as a Brady print from one of his New York studios. Both are from
1 861

 

 

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ELLSWORTH. ELMER.
[Tintypel

Sixth plate tintype. Printed by Abbott Co. sometime after Ellsworth's death on May
24.1861;

- -

 

ELLSWORTH, ELMER.
[Sheet music]
Two pieces of sheet music Hudson 8: Coe. "Ellsworth's Avengers."

Offered with .-

Winner. "Col. Ellsworth's Funeral March." Both dated 1861 and boxed together in a
specially made red leather case. 1



 

ULYSSES s.
[Sculpture]
GERHARDT, KARL. Portrait bust of Ulysses S. Grant.

Signed and dated Gerhardt Sculptor 1885" (on the reverse). Inscribed "No.
87." Bronze, with dark brown patina. 8 112 7 4 112 in.

 

GRANT, ULYSSES S.
[Sculpture]

TOLPO. LILY.

Portrait bust of Ulysses S. Grant.

Bronze, with brown patina. Signed and dated: "Lin Tolpo 1978 No. 12" on the
reverse. From an unspeci?ed limited edition. 14 in. incl. base, 6 1I2 in. 6 in.

 

 

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GRANT, ULYSSES S.
[Sculpture]

TOLPO, LILY.

Portrait bust of Ulysses S. Grant.

Signed and dated "Lin Tolpo 1980 113?. From an unspeci?ed limited edition. 13
1/2_in. gh)

GRANT, ULYSSES S.
[Sculpture]
LILY. S._Gr_ant.

FRANZ.
Autograph inscription and signature on a card.

Na_rrow o_blong._


Letter signed. 1861 Nov 1.

To General W.T. Sherman. Turchin. sometimes called "the mad Russian." seeks
advice regarding a negro charged with murder who the local citizens of
Elizabethtown. Kentucky (Lincoln's hometown) wish to remove from jail and.
gres_umab_lL lyn_ch.

 

 

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[Engraving]

KIMMEL FOSTER.

?Outbreak of the Rebellion." 1865.

One of a series of allegorical history prints. published after the Civil War. Reflects
the Republican version of the war, with a special eminence given to the contributions
of the capitalists who pour out their treasure at Lincoln's and Liberty's feet.
Southerner John Floyd, a member of James Buchanan's cabinet accused of
?nancial corruption. greedin rakes in the coins across the splitting 
Jefferson Davis and his Vice-President Alexander H. Stephens are portrayed just
behind the tearing ?ag. The broken shackle anachronistically refers to the abolition
of slavery. James Buchanan slumbers through the crisis. To the printmakers'
credit, they based Lincoln's portrait on an 1861 photograph rather than one of the


 

 


[Carte-de-visite].
"The Defenders of our Union."

n.d. Image of 109 commanders of the U.S. Army and Navy, entitled "The Defenders
of our Union.? All 109 are Iisted_by name on the verso.

 

 


[Album of cartes-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite album containing sixty-four caries within shaped mounts.

Some are captioned; a few are signed. Oblong 4to. Includes Lincoln cabinet
members. prominent military commanders, a few actors and actresses, Ralph
Waldo Emerson. etc. Bound in original brown morocco. stamped with gothic
pattern; brass clasgs and catches. Gilt edges.

 

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[Sculpture]

ROGERS, JOHN.

Biscuit porcelain parian ware ?gure group of two Union soldiers.

One is bandaging his ankle. Sculpture is signed "John Rogers, New York." 20 1I2




 


CRANE, STEPHEN.
Red Badge of Courage.

New York Limited Editions Club. 1944. 4to. Edition ltd. to 1000 copies. signed by
John Steuart Curry. illustrator. Bound?tamped morocco; slipcase.

[Artifact -- MATTHEW B. 
A wooden photography supply box and cover. formerly belonging to Matthew Brady.

Rectangular. with a sliding lid, stenciled Brady 1865" in black letters. 8 1I2. 
15 112 9 112 in. Probably carried by Brady in the ?eld and used for darkroom
supplies.

 

 

 

 

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BOOTH, RICHARD (grandfather of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth)
[Book]
Autograph endorsement. plus additional notes on endpapers and blank leaves.

16 pages in all. In The Solicitors Guide. London, 1778. Some of Booth's notes are
dated 1811. The book has later ink stamps reading Booth."

 

BOOTH, MARY ANN (wife at Junius Brutus Booth, Sr. and the motherof Edwin and-
John Wilkes).
Autograph letter signed. 1858 Oct 2.

Baltimore. To her son Junius Brutus, Jr. 4 pages. 8vo. Fine letter 
Edwin and John Wilkes, who were appearing in Richmond; her son Joseph's work in
a local theate_r and other news.

 

 

Boom. MARY ANN.
Autograph letter signed. 1863 Feb 17.

Philadelphia. To Edwin Booth. 3 1I2 pages. 4to. expect John home someday
this last week in Boston was very good." And with other news.

BOOTH, MARY ANN.
Autograph letter signed. 1870 Jan 19.

New York. To Mary McVicker Booth (Edwin's second wife). 1 page. 12mo. Brief
note. fonlvarding a gift.

 

 

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BOOTH, MARY ANN.
Autograph letter signed. 1875 Nov 9.

Long Branch, N.J. To. Edwina Booth (Edwin's daughter). 3 pages. 4to. Chatty
letter mentioging Agnt Asia and Joseph Booth.


Autograph letter signed. 1880 Dec 25.

New York. To Edwina Booth. 4 pages. 4to. Long newsy letter mentioning Edwin
and Joseph ;_and de_scr_ibi_ng her apartment building and its 

 

Boom, MARY ANN. I
Autograph letter signed. 1881 Jan 20.

New York. To Edwina Booth. 4 pages. 8vo. Chatty letter discussing the weather 5
andsgow mentioning Aunt Asi_a asking fo_r news. 

Boom, MARY 
Autograph letter signed. 1881 Mar 3.

New York. To Edwina Booth. 4 pages. 8vo. General news the weather;
Rosalie's sickness, etc.

BOOTHIMARY ANN.
Autograph letter signed. 1881 Apr 5.

New York. To Edwina Booth. 4 pages. 8vo. Mentioning the mental illness of her
anxiety anmmnathy--

 

 

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BOOTH, MARY ANN.
Autograph letter signed. 1881 Apr 21. 

New York. To Edwina Booth Grossman. 4 pages. 8vo. Long. newsy letter
discussing mutual friends, Rosalie?s health, Aunt Asia and her book noting that the
t_heaters were flourishing and t_hatLish immigrathas increasing._ 





Boom, 
[Playbill]
1842 Jan 7. National Theatre. Boston.

_Lgng folio. Bene?t of rare as her?career wa_syery tLef._ - u?
i

aoornjumus'a?nurus, JR. (John Wilk_es Booth's Brother  
Autograph letter signed. 1873 Nov 26.

New York. To Schonberg. 1 page. 8vo. Mentions wanting to see him to discuss
_the "Gascons."_ 
 
[Playbill]

1866 Sept 15. Boston Theatre.

Long folio. "Lessee and manager. J.B. Booth". Announces a performance of Little 
_Nell by Charles_Dickens._ . 


 



 

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BOOTH, AGNES (wife of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.)
Bold signature.

Written on 4 3 inch cw.

 

 

BOOTH, (first wife of Edwin Booth)
Autograph letter signed. 1861 Oct 4.

lLondon. To Emma Cushman (the actress). 10 pages. 4to. Very informative letter
reporting on Edwin's opening as Shylock; discussing his reviews in great detail 
giving her opinion of the English mentioning the child she is expecting news of the
War1 etc.

 

 

BOOTH, MARY 
Autograph letter signed. 1862 Jan.

London. To Emma Cushman. 7 pages. 4to. More on Edwin's doings, their
residence? pregnancy. etc:

 

 

Boom, MARY DEVLIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1862 Feb 26.

London. To Emma Cushman. 8 pages. 4to. Advice regarding her health, exercise.
her baby, their life in London. their cottage asking for news of Boston. etc.

 

 

 

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BOOTH, MARY DEVLIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1862 Apr 12.

London. To Emma Cushman. 6 pages. 4to. News of the baby, a boat race, Edwin
Booth in Paris. heard Dickens read the other night and was most sadly
disagnointed. he is certainly overrated."

 

 

 

 

Boom, MARY 
Autograph letter signed. 1862 May 11.

London. To Emma Cushman. 8 pages. 4to. Extensive news about her baby, the
theaters and recent performances. "Ristori, I expect will be were
fortuna_te enough to see Le MaitreLin his grgat role of Don Caesar."

'B'oorl-I; MARY DEVLIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1862 Nov.
New York. To Emma Cushman. 4 pages. 8vo. A very affectionate letter.

mentioning the "constant wear and tear" of New York; and Edwin playing Sir Edward
Mortimer and Don Caesar.

 

Boof??v?l?v DEVLIN.
AutOQraph letter signed. 1862 Dec 13.

Boston. To Emma Cushman. 7 pages. 8vo. Mentioning a large party concerns
about her health Edwin going to Bioq?yn to perform. etc.

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BOFTTMARY DEVLIN. 
Autograph letter signed. 1863 Jan 22.

Dorchester. Mass. To Emma Cushman. 4 pages. 8vo. "Last night we went to see
J. Wilkes B. for the ?rst time. We were very much pleased by him, but he has a
great deal to learn an_d unleamfi

BOOTH, MARY 
[Playbill]
1859 Jan 24. Boston Theatre.

 

rLong folio. Listing_hegs "Miss Mag Devlin." Rare:

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GROSSMAN, EDWINA BOOTH (daughter of Edwin Booth) and EDWIN BOOTH
GROSSMAN.

A collection of manuscript materials written by Edwina Booth Grossman, Edwin
Booth's daughter. and her son Edwin Booth Grossman.

includes three autograph letters. signed by Edwina, dating from 1893 - 95, with
envelopes. One letter concerns a plan to erect a statue of her father Edwin Booth.

And with 

A number of letters. notes and drawings by Edwin Grossman who became an artist
of some note, specializing in impressionist landscapes. His works were exhibited at
the Art Institute of Chicago. National Academy of Design among other venues.

 

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JAMES HUBERT (Edan Booth's .
Autograph letter signed. 1884 Dec 28.

 

Chicago. To Mr. Pierce. 1 page. 8vo. Theatrical content.

Offered with 

An autograph note signed to Piercel a small clipped signature, and a steel-engraved
m?raij of McVicker.

 

 

 

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BOOTH, JOSEPH A. (brother of John Wilkes and Edwin Booth) 4 
Printed document, filled in. 1889.

A diploma from New York University, granting Joseph Booth a doctorate in "Artis
Medicae et Chirurgicae." Printed on vellum. Measures 23 114 18 3/4 in 
Signed by professors and administrators of the university.

Offered with 

A photograph of Joseph A. Booth No date; no place. Measures approx. 8 5
in_ches.

 

 

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SYDNEY.
[Artifact]

Actor's make-up box. formerly belonging to Sydney Booth (nephew of John Wilkes
Booth).

The front is marked "Sydney Booth Theater." Contains arti?cial hair, shoe lifts, face
powder, scissors. hair color, etc. Housed in a rectangular case with
hinged lid. covered in black painted canvas. Attached to the inside lid are pink baby 
slippers that belonged to Booth's daughter Elizabeth. Exterior covered with plain
black leather. Measures 7 x_15 _1[4 7 in,_

BOOTH FAMILY

[Photograph]

Photograph of the Booth family burial plot. Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore. circa
1900.

 

Verso with detailed notes on family members interrec?iere.

- . . 

REAN, EDWND and KEAN (actors).
Signatures of Edmund Kean, one of the most famous actors in England, and his
wife Mary.

Written on a small slip of paper. Rare.

Offered with .

Two small steel engravings of Kean in costumed roles both in the character of Sir
Giles_0verreach.

 

 

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EDMUND. i
[Playhill]
1816 Jan 12. Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. London.

E. Kean. 

 

 


Signature on a small slip of paper.

Offered with -

Two small steel engravings of Siddons in costumed role as "Trial of Queen
Katherine? and ?Mrs. Siddons?. a_p_ortrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds.

 

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A collection of 14 autograph letters, signed (incl. one incomplete). 1858 - 1860.

Mostly to his father and brother. With an envel0pe. Affectionate letters, concerning 
personal and home affairs with much of theatrical interest. Proctor frequently
played rolesto they Booths. 

DE BAR, BEN (actcE and f?rEnd'ome Bo?oth family).
Partly printed document, signed. 1855 July 2.

1
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New York. 1 page. 4to. Membership certi?cate in the American Dramatic Fund
Association.

gurusenurus Bob'rH__ 

 

 

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BOOTH. JUNIUS BRUTUS. 
Autograph letter signed. 1815 May 30.

IBloomsbury (London). To Madame Delannoy, in Brussels. 3 pages. 4to. Written in
French. A fascinating letter reporting on his success in London. his wife's
.pLegn?zyh?dBp?parte's military activity.

 

 

BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
Autograph letter signed. 1819 July 14.

London. To John Howard Payne. Politer reminding Payne of money owed him, as
Booth has "the gl?test occasion for cash at this time.? 

 

 

 

 

 

BOOTH, 
Autograph letter signed. 1820 Jan 7.

no place listed. To L. Glossop (manager of the Royal Coburg Theatre. London). 1
@ge. 8vo. Arranges for a_n engagement of seven nights at Glossop's theater.

 

soon-I, 
Autograph letter signed. 1825 Nov 24.

East London. To an unidenti?ed correspondent. 1 page. 8vo. With partial integral I
addressieaf. A hurried letter regarding r. 

 

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BOOTH, BRUTUS. 
Autograph letter signed. 1832 May 3.

Bath. To Doctor Aitkin. 1 page. Folio. With integral address leaf.
Urging the doctol? treat ?11y_little get her out of danger."



 

 

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BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
Autograph letter signed. 1834 Jan 9.

To "My dear Miss Martin." 1 page. 8vo. Telling her that he has thrown away a Bible 
and_begging_her_to accep?angther_ong I

BOOTH, Ju?lus BRu'i'us.
Autograph letter signed. 1835 Feb 22.

Philadelphia. To Mr. Isherwood. 1 page. 4to. Unusual letter accepting an offer on I
the condition that Isherwood will intervene with the President (Andrew Jackson)

rqgarding?he inngcent_ men condemned_as pirates'_'in Boston. 
BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS. 
Endorsement signed. 1837 Sept 2. I

New York. 2 pages. 4to. Receipt from the American Theatre Company for six 
nights of services. With additional endorsement of Thomas Hamblin, another actor.




Autograph letter signed. 1 839 Mar 24.

New Orleans. To PC. Wemyss (from a Pittsburgh theater). 1 page. 4to.
gesc?'bing his_trav_el plans and willingness to_accept an engagement. 

ERu??rusT 
Autograph letter signed. 1851 Oct 21. 

Philadelphia. To John Rogers. 3 pages. 4to. Regarding repairs on his home and
noting that Edwin arrived there this morning. 

 

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BRUTUS.
J[Broadside -- JUNIUS BRUTUS 
Booth's Appeal to the Public." 1817 Feb 26.

London. Booth?s account of an incident at Covent Garden Theatre which showed
the public's dissatisfaction over his having left the Drury Lane Theatre. Rare.


[Photograph]
Carte-de-visite portrait of Junius Brutus Booth.

 

i
No date. 2 in. A?eared in the Vexhibitionf'Bloodgn the Moon." 
BOOTH, 
[Lithograph]

Bond. W. (after F.P. Stephanoff). "Junius Brutus Booth."

No date no placedramatic pose from a costumed role, Sir
Giles_0vel_'reach.

 

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JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Lithograph]
Wageman. Portrait lithograph of Junius Brutus Booth.

Captioned "Mr. Booth as Posthumus." 1817 May 1. London. 8vo. In a standing
pose._ 

Boom, BRUTUS.
[Lithograph]
Portrait lithograph, Booth."

n_o date; no 

i
acornrmu?s' BR?us.  
[Playbill].

1815 Nov 23. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London. 

4to_. Performance of Percv, featuring Juni_us Brutus E_looth.g 
BOOTHIJNIUS E?urus. 
[Playbill].

1816 May 31. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London.

4to. Performance given for the bene?t of Mr. Mrs. C. Kemble. King Henm_Vl_  _.
featuring Booth as Sir Thomas Lovell and including an appearance by Mrs. Siddons.
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BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1816 June 17. Theatre Royal. Covent Garden. London.

4to. Performance of Pizarro. featuri_ng_Booth as Dav_ila.




BOOTH, Jumus BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1817 Feb 12. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. London.

4to. Performance of ?ig Richard the Third. featuring Booth as Richard. Duke of
Gloucester. .  

 


[Playbill].
1817 Feb 13. Theatre Royal. Covent Garden, London. I

4to. Performance of @131 Richard IIL featuring Booth as Richard, Duke of
Gloucester. Notice beneath mentions that Booth's performance "was greeted with
applause as enth_usias_tic_as ever was heard within the walls of_ a theatre."_ 

 

 

BOOTH, JUNIUS DRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1817 Feb 15. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

4to. Performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. With note below extolling
Booth's gerformance as King R_ichard.



 

 

 

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BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.

[Playbill].
1817 Feb 25. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.

4to. Performance of Kigg Richard featuring Booth as Richard, Duke of
Gloucester. Box at the bottom announces that Booth is engaged for three years by
_the,theater. 

 



Eoorn, BRUTUS. 
[Playbill]
1817 Mar 24. Theatre Royal. Covent Garden.

4to. Performance of @g Richard featuring "Mr. Booth" as the "Duke of Gloster."

 

BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1817 Mar 29. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. London.

 

4to. Performance of Cymbeline, featuring Booth as Leonatus Posthumus. Box as
bottgm extgis Booth's per?armance.

BETH: JTJNIUS 
[Playbill]
1817 Apr 18. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. London.

4to. Performance of gongueg of Taranto, featuring Mr. Booth. Box at bottom
?lnounces tug Mr. Kemble?ilyl return on TQsday;

 

 

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BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1817 July 7. Theatre Royal. Covent Garden, London.

4to._ of Othello. featuringgopth a? Iago. 

 

BOOTH. JUNIUS BRUTUS..
[Playbill].
1818 Aug 3. Theatre Royal, Hull.

8vo. Pe_rformance_ of Richard the Third. st_arr_ing Mr. ?ootlla? Mrs_. @n?ick; 

BOOTH, JUWUS Blame??
[Playbill].
1818 Aug 6. Theatre Royal, Hull.

8vo. Performance of Othello, starring w. Bootwd 
Boom, JUNIUS BRUTUS.

[Playbill].
1818 Aug 12. Theatre Royal, Hull. 1'

8vg Performance of Town and Countm_._ _starri_ng Mr._BgJ_tl_1 ang M_r_s. Gy?t 

BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1818 Aug 14. Theatre Royal, Hull.

 

48vo._ PerforrEnce of Hamlet. starring Mr. Bo_oth.



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BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill]. I
1820 Apr 6. Coburg Theatre, London. 

I
?igP?rmyc?mgwm sta_rring_M_r- Bgth- - .4

b?urus. 
[Playbill]. 
1820 Apr 15. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London.

4to. Performance of Ivanhoe, featuring Mr. Booth. Box at bottom pralses Booth's
performance of King Lear. Additional box reports that it is impossible to perform this 
.9390'139-_ 
BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS. 4?
[Playbill]. I
1820 July 12. Theatre, Whitby.

of A Roland for an Oliver. featuring Mr. 

BRUTUE 
[Playbill].
1820 Aug 15. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

4to. Performance of Q19 Richard featuring Mr. Booth as the Ean of Richmond
ENdj?ISQiarri?Q MLKei?l-m

 

 

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EoorH, BPUTUS. .
[PIaybill].
1820 Aug 30. Theatre Royal. Drury Lane. London.

Folio. Performance of K_ing Lear, featuring Mr. Booth as Edgar and also starring Mr.
Kean. I
BRUTUS. 
[PIaybill].

1820 Sept 6. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London.

4to. Performance of Othello. featuring Mr. Booth as Iago and also starring Mr.
Kean.

 

BOOTH, JUNIUS 
[PIaybill].
1820 Nov 16. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London.

4t?- ammofeaturing Em?efo?f .B?antiym; .
a 
BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[PIaybill].

1824 Feb 20. Philadelphia Theatre.

Folio. Performance of The Revenge. Mentioning "Mr. Booth's Last Night But One.?

 

 

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'Boon-I, Taurus BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1824 Feb 24. Philadelphia Theatre.

Folio. Performance of Brutus by John Howard Payne. Mentioning "Mr. Booth's
Btmse?LaIEL-aiAm?ara?qeL 



 

Boorn,.1umus BRUTUS.
[PIaybill].
1825 Oct 8. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

_4toi Performing; of_Brutus._ 

360m, alarms.?
[Playbill].
1826 Mar 16. Theatre Royal, Dublin.

Folio. Performance of A New Way to Pay Old Debts. Mentions Booth's last
agpearance this season.

 

"Boom, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1834 Nov 18. Warren Theatre, Boston. 

 

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4to. Performance ofL(i_n_g Richard "Mr. Booth for One Night More."_ 

 


[Playbill].
1835 Jan 9. The American Theatre. Philadelphia.

 


lFolio. "Miss E. Riddle, alld_ Vli_B_o_oth, Will Sho_rtly_A_opear."

 

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BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1835 Feb 19. The American Theatre, Philadelphia.

'Folio. Performance of A New Way to Pay Old Debts. featuring Booth as Sir Giles
Overreach. No_te at bottom read_s: "_Tornorrow Mr._Boom Will Aggear."

 

BOOTH, JUNIUS aims.?
[Playbill].
1835 Apr 25. Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia.

8vo. AnnourEing Uoolino, 'Written by Junius Brutus Booth."_ 

 

BOOTH. JUNIUS 
[Playbill].
1836 May 23. Lion Theatre, Boston.

Sm. folio. Performance of The Agostate. "Mr. Booth's Benefit and Last
@earar?e" aE Pescara and John LLan; _Rare_.

eooi'H, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[PIaybill].
1840 Apr 16. National Theatre, Boston.

Long folio._Performanoe o_f Othello. The "Fifth Night of MLBooth" as Iago.

 

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BOOTH. JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1842 July 18. National Theatre. Boston.

Long_folio. Perfo_rmanc_e of Richard an?nrs. Booth."

JUNlus 
[PlaybilI].
1848 Mar 21. Boston Theatre.

8vo._Performa@ of The Apostate. featuring Booth as Pe_scar_'a_. Rare. 


[Playbill].
1849 Aug 17. Boston Museum.

Long folio. Box at bottom announces the appearance of "The Tragedian. Mr.
3003?.?

 

Boom, JUNILTs 
[Playbill].
1849 Aug 28. Boston Museum.

Long folio. Performance of The Merchant of Venice. featuring Booth as Shylock.

 

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BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS. 
[Playbill].
1849 Aug 29. Boston Museum.

Long folio. Playbill for the afternoon performance that day. With a note at the
bottom announcing the upcoming play ?in the Booth.". .
scorn, JUNIUS 
[PIaybiil]. 
1849 Aug 29. Boston Museum. 
Long folio. Performance of K_ing Richard featuring Booth as King Richard "this
eve?ng?.

BOOTH, BRufus.
[PIaybill].
1849. Sept 11. Boston Museum.

8vo. Performance of Othello. "Positively last night but two of Mr. Booth's
engagement." Rare. 

1

Boon-T, JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1850 Sept 9. Boston Museum.

Long folio. Performance of?igg Lear. featun'gg Booth in the title role. I

 

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Long folio. Boc?sJast th_ree nights in several_differe_nt rol_e?. 

 

BOOTH. JUNIUS BRUTUS.
[Playbill].
1850 Dec 25. Boston Museum.



BRUTUS. 
[PIaybill] 
1851 Jan 2. Boston Museum. 

Long folio. Performance of Othello. The last night of Booth's engagement as Iago. .


[Playbill]. I
1851 Jan 3. Boston Museum. 5

Long folio. Performance of Richard Last night of Booth in the role and, in fact,
his in_Bgsto_n._RaLe._

 

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JOHN WILKES.
[Script] I
1Inscription in printed script, belonging to Booth. 1858. 

Signed and dated Booth. Arch St. Theatre. 1858." And with pencil markings -
in text indicating that Booth probably acted in the role of Captain Vauntington. Script?i
is [he_Sge_ct[e_Bridegr9_qm by W.T. Moncrieff, published New York, 1821. 16mo. 
26 pp. Original paper wrappers. paper-covered spine.

BOOTH, JOHN WILKES.
Autograph manuscript signed Wilkes Booth"). 1860 Feb 18.

Two four-stanza lines of poetry, addressed to Miss [Mary White, Richmond, and
written in her "Forget-Me-Not Album." Booth's poem is an acrostic, spelling "Mary"
and "John." 1 page. 4to. Hand?painted and gilt-decorated boards, with small
mother-of-pearl inlays. Album contains additional entries by other members of the
Marshall Theatre Company of Richmond, including Samuel K. Chester, whom Booth
later invited to join his plot against Lincoln, and W.H. Caskie, an of?cer of The
Richmond Grays, a group to which Booth also belonged.

JOHN 

Five manuscript sheets of stage and scenery directions for ?ve different plays In
which Booth appeared.

Written in an unidenti?ed hand. Macbeth (1863 Jan 26) Damon and P?l? (1864
May) Richard the Third (1862) Robbers (1862); and one from an unidenti?ed
production, dated "26 January 1863" at the end. . Together, a total of nine pages.
Folio and smaller. Two of the sheets have his name Booth 1862" at the top
[corner one with his gang written in full at the bottom.

 

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BOOTH, JOHN WILKES.
Autograph letter. unsigned. 1864 Feb 9.

no place. To "Field" (of the Boston Theatre). 2 pages (a fragment of a larger sheet,
neatly encapsulated for protection). Endorsed by the recipient. Wilkes Booth."
Arranging for an appearance at the Boston Theatre.

 

BOOTH. JOHN WILKES.
Autograph letter signed 1864 Apr 4.

New Orleans. To "My Dear Miss." 2 pages. 12mo. Flirtatious note. enclosing a
picture "of my humble self" and noting that he is leaving for Boston soon.

 

BOOTH, JOHN WILKES.
Partly printed document, signed. 1864 May 30.

Stock certi?cate for twenty-?ve shares granted to Booth in the Boston Water Power
Company, dated Mar 6, 1863 and signed by the President of the firm. Boldly signed
and dated by Booth on verso. 2 pages. Oblong Bvo. Decorative printed border in
red and black inks. Small punctures indicating cancellation. Booth sells his shares
to J.N. Fiske. Witnessed by Joseph H. Simonds (both men associated with Booth
as theatrical managers.)

 

 

 

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BOOTH, JOHN WILKES. .
A collection of six autograph manuscript letters. two persona! artifacts and four 

cartes-de-visite portrait photographs. all given by John Wilkes Booth to his girlfriend 
Isabel Sumner.

Every schoolboy knows that John Wilkes Booth's hatred of Lincoln was deeply
rooted in his pro-Southem. pro-slavery ideology. But what is not so well-known is
the fact that ten months before he put a bullet into the President's head, Booth I
pierced the heart of a 17-year old Boston girl, Isabel Sumner, who he had met in the
summer of 1864 during his triumphal starring theatrical engagement at the Boston 
Museum. She was by all accounts a beauty and he was immediately distracted,
launching an aggressive correspondence to capture her attention and win her favor.
Six letters survive from that mysterious romance as does the bitter possibility that
had Booth lost himself in love. he might never have found his way to Ford's Theatre
on the night of April 14th, 1865. I

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a) Autograph letter signed 1864 June 7. 6 pp. 8vo. A passionate love
letter asking her "never to show my letters even to your dearest friends? and
confessing his love.

b) Autograph letter signed 1864 June 17. 2 pp. 8vo. Hoping she has not
forgotten him, asking "why not write me," describing "oil and smokes" of the oil
?elds.

c) Autograph letter signed 1864 July 14. 4 pp. 8vo. With envelope. Noting his
return from and the fomarding of her letters, expressing his continued
love. his hope of seeing her soon. and noting am tired and sick."

 



 

 

 

d) Autograph letter signed 1864 July 24. 4 pp. 8vo. With original envelope
addressed by Booth. Fearing that he has offended her in a previous letter and
apologizing. melodramatically stating will trouble you no more. if you say the
word." and again asking her not to let anyone see his letters.

e) Autograph letter signed 1864 Aug 26. 2 pp. 8vo. Acknowledging receipt of
?owers from her. explaining that he has been "in bed waiting for the doctor to come."

 

f) Autograph letter signed 1864 Aug 27. 1 page. 8vo. Reporting that the doctor .
has bled him and am sure I will be in bed all day tomorrow." but hoping two.

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[Artifacts]
A collection of two personal and unique artifacts.

 

9) Pearl ring. inscribed to 

in gold with small stones surrounding a central pearl. Given by Booth to Isabel
Sumner.

h) Woven silk scarf with decorative pattern.
Given by Booth to IsabeLSumner.

[Cartes-de-visite]
A collection of four cartes-de-visite.

i) Signature and inscription on verso of carte-de-visite photograph of Booth. "Yours
with affection I J. Wilkes Booth." Photo by Case 8. Getchell, ca. 1862, Boston.
Booth is seated, cane loosely held in one hand. Gutman. no. 21. This carte was
given by Booth to his girlfriend Isabel Sumner.

By Silsbee, Case Co. Standing, wearing coat, next to column.

k) By 0.0. Fredericks Co. Standing, wearing coat, one hand tucked inside coat.

I) By C.D. Fredericks Co. 3/4 pose, shot from behind.

.LJ 

JOHN ?oqm: Pl?roci?s 

 

 

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BOOTH, JOHN WILKES
[Artifact]
Several locks of hair. belonging to John Wilkes Booth.

Housed in daguerreotype case with photograph portrait of Booth. set within an oval.
gilt mat. 3 2 inches approximately. With copy of af?davit from Otto Eisenschiml,
1949. explaining that he had received the hair from a Dr. Webb, who had received it

from a patient named Lucinda Holloway, who had cut the lock from Booth's head as I

he lay dying on the porch of the Garrett home in Maryland. 1865.

JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]
Black Case. Carte-de-visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth.

No date. Boston Newport. Depicting a seated Booth. wearing a patterned
waistcoat. Gutman. no. 17.

JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth.

No date. "Johnson's Union Gallery." Washington, D.C. Depicting a seated Booth,
glove in hand. 

 

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JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]

Case Getchell. Carte-de?visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth. Wilkes 
Booth." 

Circa 1862. Boston. Booth is seated, cane loosely held in one hand. Gutman, no.
21.

[Econ-I, JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]
'Bufford, J.H. Carte-de-visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth.

Boston: J.H. Bufford Sons Publishers, 1865. Booth is seated, cane loosely held in!
one hand. Gutman, no. 21. Ink note on front of carte reads "the assassin of
Lincoln.?  
JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]

C.D. Fredericks Co. Carte-de?visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth.

Circa 1862. New York. Standing pose, one hand inserted in his coat. Gutman, no.
26.


[Carte-de-visite] I
0.0. Fredericks 8 Co. Carte-de-visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth. .

Circa 1862. New York. Standing pose. one hand inserted in his coat. Gutman, no.
26

 

 

 

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JOHN 


fSilsbee, Case 8. Co. or Case 8. Getchell. Carte-de-visite photograph, miniature size,
of John Wilkes Booth.

circa 1862. Booth seated in relaxed pose in ornate. gothic chair. This reduced size
example of item above has the image reversed.

 

[Boom JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite photograph entitled "Booth and his Associates." circa April 1865.

Composite image of seven cartes-de-visite of the Lincoln assassination
conspirators. with Booth in the center. Gutman, no. 41. Very rare.

 

JOHN 
[Photograph]
Maooy Herwig. Oval albumen photograph of John Wilkes Booth. 

 

1865. New York. 6 in. (approx. on circular mount. Photo altered to show
Booth, holding a knife and gun, with the devil whispering in his ear and, in the
background, a scene of Abraham and Mary Lincoln watching the performance of
"Our American Cousin." Gutman1 42.

 

JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth.

Image as above in smaller format and captioned "John Wilkes Booth, the assassin."
Gutman, no. 42.

 

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JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte?de-visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth. Caption Wilkes Booth.?

circa 1865. No place. Booth is standing, holding a knife and gun. (This carte does I
not include the staged background of the previous three entries). Gutman. no. 42. 

JOHN 

[Carte-de-visite] I
Hacker, Francis. Carte-de?visite photograph of John Wilkes Booth, captioned "the I
assassin's vision." I

circa 1865. Providence, R.l. Unmounted carte. Booth is on horseback with
Lincoln's ghost standing under a tree at the left and a view of the Capitol in the
center backgrogg Gutman; no. 43. Rare. .

JOHN 
[Carte-de-visite]
Hacker, Francis. Carte?de-visite of John Wilkes Booth.

circa 1865. Providence, RI. Artist's depiction of Booth's death in the ?aming barn 
with "Boston" Corbett peering through a crack in the structure and glimpsing the ?ery'
scene . Dramatically hand-colored in red. blue, pink. green and brown inks.

Gutman. no 44. Very rare the original artwork does not survive.

 

 

 

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JOHN 
l'rintype]
Small tintype photograph of John Wilkes Booth.

No date no place. 1 3/4 in (approx.) In arched-top mount with pink border.
GLtman. no._2_8.

- 

[Eoorm JOHN 
[Playbill]
1862 May 16. Boston Museum.

Long folio. "Fifth night. and benefit of the young American tragedian, Mr. J. Wilkes
Booth" in his appearance as Hamlet.

JOHN 
[Playbill]
1863 Mar 5. Arch Street Theatre. Philadelphia.

Smalfolio. Announcinggapth's role as Pescara, ??rst time here."

 


[Playbill]
1863 Mar 7. Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia.

Small folio. "The young and greatly talented artist. Mr. John Wilkes Booth",
appearing as Charles de Moor ir?hijler?s The Robbers.

 

 

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JOHN 
[Playbill]
1863 Oct 7. Willard's Howard Athenaeum, Boston.

Long folio. B_oo_th appe?sjn the lead in Macbeth._

.

JOHN 
[Playbill]
1863 Oct 10. Willard's Howard Athenaeum, Boston.

Long folio. Booth "will repeat his masterly impersonation of the wily tyrant, Richard


 

 

JOHN 
[Playbill]
1864 Apr 27. Boston Museum.

Long folio. Announcing the appearance of Booth in The Apostate.

[600111, JOHN 
[Playbill]
1864 May 11. Boston Museum.

Long folio. Booth agaegrs as Charles de M_o_or in Schiller's The Robbers. 

[300114, JOHN wruces'f - 1
[Playbill] .
1864 May 26. Boston Museum. 

Long folio. Booth "will appear this evening, by particular request. and for the last
time. as Raphael. the Sculptor? in The Marble Heart.

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[Playbill]
1864 May 27. Boston Museum.

Long folio. Booth appears for the ?rst time as Count Ugolino. "in the play of that
t_itle_. _writte_nby the late J.B_._B_ooth."

 

(Boom, 
KIMBALL, PHILIP LORD.
Autograph manuscript. circa 1929.

2 pages. 4to. Written in pencil. Recollections of a 90 year-old man who recalled I
hearing Booth and another man on a horse-drawn bus. discussing the murder of an 
unnamedperson.

[econ-I; JOHN -
PEACOCK. JAMES. 
Autograph letter signed. 1914 Feb 25.

To J.E. Boos. Massillon, Ohio. 2 pages. 4to. Account of his Civil War service; with
anecdote describing Booth expressing anti-Union sentiments while in New
Orleans and an agumeiwh? ens_ued_._

- 

 

 

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JOHN 
IRANKIN, MCKEE.
Autograph manuscript "What became of John Wilkes Booth?s wardrobe?"

no date no place. 2 pages. 4to. Description of Rankin's relationship with Booth.

 

 

BOOTH

 



 

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Signature ("Ned Booth") across page one of printed script. "The Lottery Ticket".

no data? place. S_cript_is 12mo., s_e_wn at spine. 

 

 

Boom, EDWIN. 
Autograph manuscript. circa 1860. 

To Mary Devlin (whom Booth married on July 7, 1860). Comprising three stanzas of
verse, written in an album belonging to her. 1 page. 4to. Album bound in
d_e_co_rative tooled _ eather.

 

 

isoon-I, EDWIN.
A group of eleven autograph letters. signed. Written between 1861 and 1862, from
London and Paris.

 

'To James Lorimer Graham. Together, a total of 34 pages. 8vo. Cheerful letters
discussing Booth's reception in London as an actor. their travels and mutual friends.

 

 

 

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BOOTH, EDWIN. i
Autograph letter signed. 1861 Dec 9. 

London. To Thomas Hicks (painter). 8 pages. 8vo. letter on the birth of 
paiLimLOf Booth as Iago. etc. 

Boom, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1862 Nov 8.

New York. To George Kames. 1 page. 8vo. Informing him that the company is
complete. 1
Boom. EDWIN.

Autograph letter signed. 1862 Nov 30.

Boston. To "My dear Huntington." 4 pages. 8vo. Reporting on his success for
three weeks as manager of The Boston Theatre, adding "the war does not seem to
affect business." 

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1863 Mar 23.

Dorchester, Mass. To Emma Cushman. 4 pages. 8vo. Regarding the death of
Booth's ?rst wife, Mary Devlin, and his resignation to the loss. He fomards a photo,
"the las_t picture takeerMaryfj


Autograph letter signed. 1863 Mar 24.

Dorchester, Mass. To Reverend Huntington. 2 pages. 8vo. Huntington was the
minister who performed the service for the funeral of Marv Devlin Booth.

 

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BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1866 Oct 21.

Philadelphia. To Epes Sargent. 4 pages. 8vo. Friendly letter, though expressing I
an inner melancholy "l_m_us_t pe a_li?le_ dead inside."?

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1866 Oct 28.

Philadelphia. To W.A. Stephens. 3 pages. 8vo. Mentioning his need to stay away .
from the public, undoubtedly owing to his brother's assassination of Lincoln; along
with gen_eral affairs of 

BOOTH, EDWIN. i
Autograph letter signed. 1867 June 16.

New York. To "My Dear Sir." 2 pages. 8vo. Regretting that he is "obliged now to
_travel and wait hard to make up the losses of one little day-"


"i


I

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1868 Apr 3.

Philadelphia. To Mary Felton. 2 pages. 8vo. Furnishing quotations to an admirer. 

a 

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1868 Apr 19.

no place. To Epes Sargent. 3 pages. 8vo. Commenting on his (Booth?s) acting.

 

 

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Autograph letter signed. 1869 June 2.

New_York. To H.W. B_ry_an_t_. 2 pages. 8vo. Regarding two portraits. 

 

.1 - 

EEWIN. 
Address inscription on an envelope. 1869 Aug 23.

New York. To Jghn_E_. Russell. Oblong.




BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1869 Sept 1.

New York. To J.Q.A. Ward (sculptor). 3 pages. 8vo. Arranging aVisit, adding ?you
En have 1135mm from my wardrobe you desir_e.f'

a

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1873 Jan 21.

New York. To J. Hutchinson. 1 page. 4to. Stating he cannot supply that
belonged to his father due to the ?re at the Winter Garden several years ago.

- . - i- 

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1874 Apr 27.

Cincinnati. To L.J. Cist (poet) 3 pages. 8vo. Thanks for an "Ode on art" and 
accepting an invitation tisee ist's "wonderful collection."

 

 

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Edam, EDWIN. 
[Photographs]
fSignature on lower comer of a single sheet containing four photographs of Booth.
'1876.

San Francisco. Boldly signed.

BOOTH, EDWIN.
A ?ne collection of forty-seven autograph letters, signed.

Written between 1878 and 1891. from various places. To Jervis McEntee
(American landscape and portrait painter; 1828 - 1891 Together. a total of 200
pages. An archive of important and extensive correspondence, full of news of
Booth's theatrical affairs. personal life, travels, the assassination attempt on his life
in 1879,_etc.

BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1879 Mar 25.

New York. To E.C. stedman. 2 pages. 8vo. Rearranging an appointment. adding, 
shall be overiov_ed to see_v_ou in my_smoke_ry.: -

EoofFI, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. [1870?s] Feb 4.

no place. To "My Dear Sir." 2 pages. 8vo. Declining to purchase a work by the
painter

 

 

 

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BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1881 Feb 6.

London. To Edward Pierrepont. 2 pages. 8vo. With envelope. Replying to an
invitation to visit Oxford.

Offered with 
A photograph of a painted portrait of Pierreptmt1 mounted on board.

 

accT'rHT??wm.
Autograph letter signed. 1881 Feb 8.
London. To John Collier. 3 pages. 8vo. Sending a ticket "for my performance of

?The Moor;"' requesting that he be allowed to retain a costume for Richelieu; and
as_king_if_Cglli?r?iioved "the Deviltries of Iago the other night."

 


Autograph letter signed. 1881 May 10.

London. To E.C. Benedict. 4 pages. 8vo. With enveIOpe. Fine theatrical letter on
his engagement at the Lyceum, roles of Othello and Iago, his contact with Henry
Irving: and Irving's plans to tour in America.


Autograph letter signed. 1881 May 30.

London. To 2 pages. 8vo. Canceling an appointment as his throat is better.

 

 

 

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BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1881 June 7.

London. To Toole. 2 pages. 8vo. Thanks for an entertainment and saying
Jfarewell.



EDWIN. 
Autograph letter signed. 1881 July 29.

 

New York. To Laurence Hutton. 1 page. 4to. With integral address leaf.
_R?garding_a copperplate of "my Either as Richar and a planned book.

 

Boon-I, EDWIN. 
Autograph letter signed. 1881 Oct 25.

New York. To Robert Collyer. 2 pages. 8vo. Regarding marital dif?culties with his
second wife,_M_aIy McVicker! and inviting gallyer to mediate in _tl'_ie_ir guarreL

 


Autograph letter signed. 1882 Mar 2.

 

Cincinnati. To Luke Lockwood. 2 pages. 4to. Fine letter commenting on the
release of the man who tried to assassinate him (Edwin) in 1879 and recounting an
incident Ellen he_ r_nisto_ok a noise in the theater for 

 

 


Autograph letter signed. 1882 Dec 18.

London. To T.E. Pemberton. 1 page. 8vo. Regretting that he will not visit
Bir_mingham again.

 

 

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EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1883 Oct 28.

New York. Ewer. 4 pages. 8vo. Express?mg his condolencesl 

BOOTH, EDWIN. 
[Check] 
Endorsement on verso of a check made payable to Booth by Horace McVicker.

1883 Dec 22.

New WE Narrow oblong. 
?owm'. 
Autograph letter signed. 1884 Jan 10.

New York. To Francis Lobdell. 1 page. 8vo. Sending a gracious acknowledgement;
.of re_coggitiorL_

- I.



hoofoEDwm.
Autograph letter signed. 1884 Apr 16. 

New York. To R.M. Field. 3 pages. 8vo. Sending some plates (engravings?) and 
l1n_entio__n_ing_a scenic artist ?og] recommends.

EDWIN. 
Autograph letter signed. circa 1884. I

Newport. To Emma Cushman. 2 pages. 8vo. Reporting on his daughter Edwina's 
illness; I

 

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BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. 1886 May 23.

To "My Dear Friend." Fine letter commenting on the public furor over his fall atthe
Academy in New York and the spiteful attacks that have appeared in the media from
r_e\Li_ewers and . 
BOOTH, EDWIN.
Autograph letter signed. circa 1880's.

No place. To E.C. stedman. 1 page. 8vo. Forwarding tickets for a
performance and noting that he "had a pleasant time at Hutton's last night."

BOOTH, EDWIN. 
[Photograph]
Signature on cabinet photograph of Booth.

1880's? Baltimorg

BOOTH, EDWIN.

Inscription in the book "The Elder and the Younger Booth," by Asia Booth Clarke
(Edwin's sister), Boston. 1882.

8vo. Cloth. Inscribed "To Neal Benedict from his friend Edwin Booth. May 1882.?

 

 

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"Boom, EDWIN.

Autograph notes for a brief address he gave for Founder's Night at The Players
Club. 1892.

1 page. 8vo. With a note at bottom, written to Edwina and signed "Harry",
identifying Edwin's remarks. Verso with a note from Joseph Jefferson to Edwin, no
place. todate.

BOOTH, EDWIN, et I
Printed subscription form for the employees of The Player's Club.

Signed by Booth, Lawrence Barrett. Brander Matthews. Laurence Hutton and others.
December, no year. 1 page._0blong_8vc1._ I

BOOTH-EDWIN.
[Photograph] .
inscribed and signed photograph of a portrait of Booth. 


No date; no place. "To Peter Gilsey, with kind regards of Edwin Booth." The portrait.
9f 6! _st_an_ding Bogus b1 SarnerL 16 12 miss (an. O. rOX-i

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BOOTH, EDWIN.
[Costume]

A theatrical costume.
Formerly belonging to Edwin Booth. Comprising a tunic of dark brown linen. with cutl
steel claw-form clasp and necklace within a cut black glass bead collar. Similar
double-banded glass bead fringe at bottom of sleeves and tunic. With a pair of
brown leather hip-length boots with notched rim, the interior signed "Edwin Booth."
Boot measures: 30 in. Tunic: 45 in. (I) In late February and early March of
1864. Edwin Booth came to Grover?s Theatre for a three-week engagement,
delivering one masterly performance after another. Lincoln and Seward attended
the theatre night after night. They saw Booth in the title roles of Hamlet and Richard
the Third l?QrQbablL wearing m?amlet costume.

 


[Artifact]
Dressing gown, formerly belonging to Edwin Booth.

 

Velvet gold brocade and braid dressing gown with quilted lining. Fabric possibly by
1Fortuny. Excellen_t condition_. From the collection of S?ney Booth.

 

 

 

JBOOTH, EDWIN.
[Artifact]
A make-up case.

Formerly belonging to Edwin Booth. Rectangular. with hinged cover marked in gilt
letters "Edwin Booth." The brass hasp lock stamped "Excelsior lock pat'd Nov. 1
ME lb) 2? we) in: 

 

 

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BOOTH, EDWIN.
[Artifact]
Lock of hair.

Belonging to Edwin Booth. Housed in a small hinged gutta-percha case with gilt-

metal bezel. Reportedly cut by his daughter (Edwina Booth Grossman) at the time
of his death in 1893.



 

?f

BOOTH, EDWIN.
[Painting]
Oil portrait of Edwin Booth.

By Hugo Svenson. Commemorating his 100th performance as Hamlet. 24 22
inches. framed. With a note by Blanche Booth (daughter of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.
and Edwin?s niece)_describing_th_e circumstances be_hind the portrait.

 

I
1

BOOTH, 
[Painting]
Pastel portrait of Edwin Booth.

1888. Signed by the artist. N. Clark. in lower left corner. 28 24 inches, framed.

 

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laoorH, EDWIN.
[Drawing]
Pencil drawing of Edwin Booth's tombstone.

By Malcolm Fraser, after a photograph by Fisher. no date. Signed by Fraser in
Upper right gomer. 


[Drawing]
Tobin, George T. (1864 - 1956). ?At Lincoln's Tomb."

 

Image of Edwin Booth standing before Lincoln?s tomb. Signed by artist in lower
right. _Pen_ a? black ink anggray wash (?g?ipi 15 1/2 11 in.

 

 

Boomfebwm. 
[Photograph]
{Cabinet photograph of Edwin Booth.

 

 

Taken by Baldwin Coolidge. 1854. Boston. A rare early photo of Booth at 21 years
lof_age. showing head and shoulders,

BOOTH, 
[Photograph]
Cabinet photograph of Edwin Booth. Caption "Edwin Booth."

. 

 

 

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BOOTH, EDWIN.
[Playbill]
1857 Sept 24. Boston Theatre.

"By public request, Mr. Edwin Booth, the young American tragedian" in Richard the
Third. Long folio.

Mounted on board together with .
Carte-de?visite of Edwin Booth. signed by him. Circa 1857.

And with 
A small card. signed and inscribed by Booth and dated "Decr 6th 1865."
Together. threeitems. 

 

 

 

BOOTH, EDWIN.
[Playbill]
1881 Apr 9. Grand Opera House, St. Louis.

4to. Printed on silk with tassel border. A souvenir of the last performance given in
the Grand Opera House.

 

 

 

[B?oo?i, 
Barrett, Lawrence and others.

Autograph letter, signed by Barrett. E.L. Davenport, and several others. 1870 Apr
8.

Booth's Theatre, New York. To Giuseppe Operti. 1 page. Folio. Praises Operti?s
music for Julius Caesar.



 

 

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i'[aoom, 
lBarry. Thomas (proprietor of The Boston Theatre).
Partly printed contract, accomplished in manuscript. 1862 Oct 7.

'Boston. 3 pages. 4to. For Booth?s engagement at The Boston Theatre. Not signed
by Booth: nevertheless. rare.

 

 

 

 



 

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Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). circa 1857.

To Mrs. Mary W. Brayman. no place. One page. 12mo. Written in pencil. A
gracious invitation written on "Saturday aftemoon" to Mr. Mrs. B.. the young
ladies" to "come round this pass a social evening." Sometime later Mr.
Brayman hired Lincoln to represent the Illinois Central Railroad. The Braymans
occupied themoln's Spring?eld hgs?yrino the war vears. 

 


'Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1859 July 10.

Springfield. To Hannah Shearer. 4 pages. 8vo. With original envelope, addressed
by Mary Lincoln. Describing a picnic at Colonel McClermand's farm, the warm
weather. Robert's impending departure, and a local drowning. and missing "our cozy
of the olden time." Not listed in Tunler._ 



 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD. 
[Books]

Set of ?ve volumes. each signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1860.

Irving, Washington. Life of George Volumes 17 - 21.

New York Putnam. 1860. 8vo. Full brown calf; gilt spines with gilt-stamped
morocco labels, marbled edges. Each volume signed in ink on front ?yleaf: "Mary
Linoglu ?$03 

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meouf MARY TODD.
Partly printed invitation. ?lled in by Mary Lincoln. [1861] Oct 17.

Washington. DC. To 3.3. French. 1 page. Oblong 8vo. The invitation requests
French's presence at dinner that evening. On the verso French has listed the guests-
who attended. Among those included were General Anderson, Mr. Holt. Governor
Sprague. and Mr. Speed of Kentucky. From the papers of 3.8. French. Appeared
in_the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

 

 

LTNCOLN, MARY TODD. ?l
Autograph note signed ("Mrs. Lincoln"). 1861 Oct 19. 
Washington. 0.0. To Gustav E. Gumpert. One page. 8vo. Boldly penned. Hurried.
request to Gumpert. a Philadelphia store owner: "Has Col. Sweeney gone up to
New York, see 'World' of answer immediately." Not listed in
Turner. 

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
[Invitation]
Partly printed invitation. ?lled in by Mary Lincoln. 1862 Feb 5. .

Washington, D.C. "The President 8. Mrs. Lincoln request the One page.
Narrow oblong. black borders. Requesting that Mr. and Mrs. Eliot join them on 
Wednesday evening, February 5, at 9 o'clock. The occasion was a White House
ball. given by the First Lady. for which 600 - 700 invitations were issued. See Meirs.
Lincoln Daypy?ly, vol. 3. p. 93. Thomas Eliot was a Massachusetts
Congressman. 

 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD. 
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). [1862] Apr 1.

Executive Mansion, Washington. D.C. To 3.3. French. 1 page. 8vo. Protesting 
the dismissal of Gibbs and praising his conduct and usefulness. "Indeed, I cannot
spare him from the conservatory." And adding "My interest in retaining him is very
strong. partly because of his kindness to my From the papers of 3.3.
French.

I


LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed rs. A. Lincoln"). Docketed: "received May 3. 1862".

Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. To Montgomery C. Meigs (Quartermaster
General). Two pages. 12 mo. Stationery with black borders and monogram at
top. Mary states that Col. Sweeney and Mr. Gilbert "in whom the President myself I
feel much interested," are seeking a contract with the Quarter Master and she goes
on to request that he act favorably toward them. Not listed in Turner.

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed (?Mrs. Lincoln"). 1862? Aug 5.

Washington. To Miller 8. Grant. One page. 12mo. Stationery with black
borders and monogram at top. Apologizing for late payment of a bill and asking
for samples of their best. gualjy thread for ruf?es. Not listed in Turner.

 

 

 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mrs Lincoln"). 1863?

Washington. 0.0. To Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. One page. 12mo. Boldly penned on
a sheet of stationery reading ?Head-Quarters. Army of the Potomac." Mary writes 

?Sherman is quite pleased with his visit, ifyou do not particularly desire his return.
ca_nnot he remain?" Not listed injumer.

 

LINCOLN, MARY fobo. 
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1863 Mar 4.

 

Washington. 0.0. To Mrs. Charles Heard. One page. 12mo. Stationery with black
borders and monogram at top. Partly written across by Mary at top of sheet. I
Asking if Mrs. Heard can visit her with Mr. and Mrs. Doubleday and noting that "your
friend Mrs. Lamonmay look in up9n_us._" Tume_r_._p. 148.

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD. 
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1863 Mar 10.

Executive Mansion, Washington. D.C. To B.B. French. 3 pages. 12mo. On
stationery with monogram and black borders. Written in the aftermath of the
death of Willie Lincoln. Referring to "our heavy bereavement" and noting that
"situated as we are, being compelled to receive the world at large. I have

endeavored to bear up, under our af?iction. as well as I From the papers of
BB. French.

 

 


Autograph letter signed (?Mary Lincoln"). 1863 Sept 15.

5th Avenue Hotel, [New York]. To John Adams Dix. One page. 8vo. Boldly
penned. Asking Dix. Military Commandant of New York. to come at 1 pm. "with one
or two of your staff to accompany me to the Russian Frigate." The First Lady was to
visit the Russian warship "Osliaba." anchored in New York. Not listed in Turner.

 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
[Books] 
Signed inscriptions in a set of two volumes. 1864.

Bulwer?Lytton. Edward. The Last Days of Pompeii.

Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1860. Two volumes. 8vo. Half tan calf. gilt spines and gilt?

letter morocco labels, marbled edges. Each voiume inscribed in ink on front ?yleaf 


 

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1864 Jan 16.

Executive Mansion. Washington, 0.0. To B.B. French. 3 pages. Large 8vo.
Written on White House stationery. Appealing for a salary increase on behalf of a
young man (Dunn) who was employed at the White House as a doorman and
stating that he is unable to continue at his present salary. From the papers of 3.8.
French. The following year Dunn gave a piece of the broadcloth coat belonging to
Abraham Lincoln and worn by him on the night of the assassination to the Rev.
Gurley. That artifact from Lincoln's murder is also included in the Taper collection.

 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph note signed (?Mrs Lincoln"). [received 1864 Mar 11].

Washington. To an unidenti?ed correspondent. One page. 8vo. Boldly
penned. With recipient's docket, including date. "Please allow me the services of
Charles. oblige yours respectfully. Charles Forbes was the
Lincolns' personal attendant from 1861 until Lincoln's assassination and was
present at Ford's Theatre when the President was shot. Years later Robert Todd
Lincoln was quoted as saying "He was a personal servant at the White House in
my father's time and earned unusual esteem by his ?delity 8. competence."

 

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1864 Mar 13.

Washington. 110. To Mrs. Andrew J. Alexander. 4 pages. Large 8vo. Stationery
with monogram at top of first page. Mary consoles a friend from Kentucky on her,
bereavement which reminds her of her own loss (the death of Willie). She writes:
"earth, can afford, no balm for such My precious Willie, was 
another of the pure ones, too good for She regrets that Mrs. Alexander will
not he in Washington for the next summer, recalls their kindness to "us" and adds,
"the loss of my noble beautiful boy is as keen a pang to me nowshe sends love from "Taddie."

And with 
Two envelopes addressed by Mary Lincoln to Mrs. Colonel Alexander in Louisville,
Kentucky. One of these with free-frank signature of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln").

The letter was folded and put into a small envelope with the monogram. This in
turn was inserted into a second. larger envelope bearing the President's free frank
amamne l'fAJjanln'? and circular nosfmark a 

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1864 May 27.

Executive Mansion. Washington, D.C. To Mrs. Fanny [Frances] Barrow. Three
pages. 8vo. With original envelope free-franked by Mary. Mary thanks Barrow, a
successful author of children's ?ction, for a book sent to "my darling boys" and adds
that "since then, sorrow 8. bereavement have sorely tried us. we, with the whole
land. have been called upon to drink of the bitter cup of af?iction." She explains that
"My little boy's name is Thomas Lincoln, a very plain and adds that "the

President is well occupied with his high responsible duties.? Not I
listed in Turner.

 

Offered with:
[Book]

A copy of Aunt Fanny's [Frances Barrow's] One Big Poo Gun that was dedicated to
Tad.

New York, 1864. 16mo. Bound in cloth with gilt-decorated spine. With printed
dedication to Thomas Lincoln "This and all the books of the series. I dedicate to


 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mrs. 1864 Nov 9.

Washington, D.C. To Edwin M. Stanton. One page. Large 8vo. Addressed on
integral blank "Sec. of War." Mary asks if a "faithful attendant. at the W.H. door"
could have a transportation ticket as he has a two-day furlough. Turner, p. 182.

 

 

 

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[Invitation]

Partly printed document, accomplished (not signed) by Mary Lincoln. 1865 ca. Feb
1 3.

Washington, 0.0. One page. Oblong 12mo. With original envelope. engraved 
boldly addressed by Mrs. Lincoln. The President and Mrs. Lincoln invite Vice?
President Hamlin to a dinner or Zachariah Chandler on Monday, February 13.
Hamlin was a lame-duck Vice-President at that date and not often in Washington.
Invitations to him from the White House ar_e_r_are. 
LINCOLN, MARY TODD.

Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1865 Feb 15.

Washington. 0.0. To Mrs. Caroline Wright. 1 112 pages. Large 8vo. Stationery
with black borders. Fine letter to the wife of the former Governor of Indiana. Mary
thanks Mrs. Wright for a piece of hair jewelry and adds that "we have had a very
busy winter? and that the White House is under repair. The Wrights owned a page
of manuscript with text from the Second Inaugural written in President Lincoln's
_har1d_._lhis letter?ot listed in Turner.

 

 



 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1865 Oct 5.

Chicago. To Sally Ome. 4 pages. 8vo. Mary Lincoln refers to the possibility that
Congress will pass an appropriation for her. Sent six months following Lincoln's
assassination Mary writes desolately: am so anxious once more, to be quiet, in a
home of my own. suitable to receive my husband's very seldom, can I
summon courage, to see them. I must do better, by degrees when I get into a
home you must come 8. lecture me for my darling husband would never have
approved, of such entire Not in Turner.

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed 1865 Oct 10.

Chicago. To Alexander Williamson. 2 pages. 8vo. Stationery with broad black
borders. Mary asks whether their carriage "is to be sold at auction in and adds
"How is She notes that she has no use for visiting cards, that "Taddie has
can almost has blessed me in my remaining 
my beloved husband was taken away, i do not desire to live." Williamson was
Not listed in Turner.

 

 

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uncoui, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mrs. Lincoln" signature appears in text). 1865 Oct 11.

Chicago. To Edwin M. Stanton. 1 page. Bvo. Asking Stanton to oblige her by
appointing a Mr. Pike, who is "a most excellent young was a favorite of
both. my husband myself.? Not listed in Turner.

Included with .

A conv of Pike's letter to 4i
MARY 'a
lAutograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1865 Oct 26. 

Chicago. To Frank [Francis] Bicknell Carpenter. 2 pages. 8vo. Stationery with
black borders. With original enveIOpe. Reminding Carpenter of his promise to send
a copy of "my beloved husband's portrait.. .one quite as accurate as in the 
'Emancipation Proclamation'?" A year later Carpenter did send a portrait with which 
May was extremer pleased. 79.? 



 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.

An exceptionally rare archive of correspondence between Mary Todd Lincoln and
Francis Spinner. United States Treasurer, regarding President Lincoln's unpaid
salary that May felt was owed to her as his surviving widow. Included are ?ve
autograph letters signed by Mary Todd Lincoln. The remaining four documents that
complete the collection include manuscript and printed materials. One of these is
the actual receipt or money order for the fee that Congress had alloted to the widow
of the late President. The documents cover the period 1865 Dec - 1866 July.

After months of waiting, on December 21, 1865, Congress ?nally voted to grant a
year's presidential salary of $25,000 to the anxious Mary Todd Lincoln. This amount
was no more generous than that given to previous widows of the country's deceased
leaders. After the necessary bills and deductions had been subtracted from the
$25,000 sum. Mary was left with only $22,000 - a figure far less than what she
thought she deserved. According to Turnel?s book "There no longer seemed any
chanch 

 

 

 

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'Comprising 9 items 
a) LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1865 Dec 30.

Chicago. To Francis E. Spinner. 1 page. Bvo. Stationery with black borders. Mary
asks Spinner. U.S. Treasurer. about the $25,000 pension "which Congress voted
me. Please send it to me as soon as you conveniently can." Turner, p. 318 (only
partial text cited).

b) LINCOLN. MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed. 1866 Jan 11.

Chicago. To Francis Spinner. 2 pages. 8vo. Black-bordered stationery. With orig.
envelope addressed in Mary's hand. Forwarding a draft and accepting Spinner's
offer to convert the money into bonds. Turner. p. 325 (only partial text cited).

c) 

Partly printed document, accomplished in manuscript, on printed form of the Adam's
Express Co. 1866 Jan 15.

Washington. To Mrs. (Mary) Lincoln. 1 page. Oblong 12mo. Spinner forwards
$22,000 to Mary in Chicago. This is the money order for the remaining salary
alloted to Mary Lincoln. A unique and fascinating document.

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d) 

Manuscript statement showing interest paid on Mary Lincoln's $22,000, from
December 1865 - January, 1866. [ca. Jan 10, 1866.]

One page. Small oblong.

e) BENTLEY, NORMAN.

Autograph statement of Mrs. Lincoln's debts, to be arranged by U.S. Treasurer
Spinner. 1866 Feb 13.

New York. One page. 8vo. List_of ?rms to whom MamLincolrmwed mon_e_y.__  
f) LINCOLN. MARY TODD.

Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1866 Mar 14.

Chicago. To Francis Spinner. One page. Small 4to. Written on black-bordered
stationery. Asking Spinner to advance the sum of $10 ?to Mr. Williamson" and
promising to repay him next week. Not in Turner.

9) WILLIAMSON, ALEXANDER.
Autograph document signed. 1866 Mar 17.

no place. One page. Narrow oblong. Receipt for $10 "on account of Mrs. M.
Lincoln." 

 

 

 

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h) LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1866 April 6.

To Francis Spinner. Chicago. One page. Small 4to. Written on black-bordered

stationery. Explaining that circumstances have delayed her sending ?the remainder
of the money." Not in Turner.

i) LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1866 July 23.

Chicago. To Francis Spinner. One page. Large 8vo. Written on black-bordered
stationery. with monogram at top. Apologizing for the delay in

returning the $10 for Mr. Williamson and asking him to pay Galt Co. Turner. pp.
376 - 77.

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed 1866. Sept 13.

Chicago. To Leonard Swett. 2 pages. 8vo. Stationery with black borders.
informing him that she cannot continue in her present residence with her present
means, even practicing "the most rigid economy." If she gives it up "my pride would
not allow me to remain in a land, under so many obligations to my noble husband. I
would pg. 388 - 89.

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed 1866 Sept 29.

Chicago. To Alexander Williamson. 2 pages. 4to. and strongly worded
response to sensational stories by her enemies. that she is not at all in ?nancial
dif?culties. She asks Williamson to approach Col. Frank Howe. a New York
politician, in search of aid. Not in Turner.

 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed 1866 Nov 30.

Chicago. To Alexander Williamson. 2 pages. 8vo. Stationery with black borders,
monogram on page 1. Urging Williamson to ascertain whether Howe intends to
help her. "This state of suspense is very painful to be Not in Turner.

 

MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1867 February.

Chicago. To Leonard Swett. 1 page. Bvo. Stationery with black borders. Asking
Swett to call on her, as have some things to do not wish to be troublesome
yet I am daily convinced that I must make some de?nite arrangements for the
future." Turner p. 409.

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY 
Autograph letter signed Lincoln?). 1868 Dec 13.

Frankfurt am Main, Germany. To Eliza Slataper. 6 pp. 4to. With envelope. Now in
Frankfurt, Germany. Mary tells her dear friend the nobility stop here. counts.
dukes and dutchesses abound in the house, and on my table. their Cards are
frequently laid. Yet in consideration of poor health deep mourning. have of
course accepted no _dinner. invit_ations have kept very quie 




Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln"). 1869 Mar 16.

Nice. France. To Rhoda White. 4 pages. 8vo. Stationery with black borders.
Warm letter to an old friend describing her continuing sorrow and isolation. noting
that she will return to Frankfurt in a few days. She adds that often wonder, why, I
was spared. when my darling husband was Turner. p. 503.

 

 

 

MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln?). 1869 Aug 17.

Frankfurt am Main. To Sally Orne. 3 pp. 8vo. Mary Lincoln finds herself in the

same European city as Sally Orne and hastens to arrange a rendezvous. Turner. p.
_511.

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Autograph letter (text includes "Mrs. Lincoln"). 1869 Aug 21.

Frankfurt am Main. To Eliza Slataper. 8 pp. 8vo. Discusses Mary's travels in
Europe. especially England and Scotland. and continues with an account of her
chance meeting with Sally Orne. Turner pp. 512 ?13.

 

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Autograph letter-signed-( 1869 Dec 5- 

 

 

Frankfurt. To Sally Orne. 4 pp. 8vo. Mary. still in Frankfurt and still waiting for
Congress to deal with her Presidential pension, writes her friend: ?What changes
time, brings to us all I sometimes feel as ifl have lived a century. 'My life. is
dated by years.? Taddie, as usual is hurrying me so lwill close with ever
much love to your daughters and yourself. I shall feel anxious until I learn. 1
you have received Sumner's letter -- you are a wicked woman to be carryihg so 
m?v text only-.i ii [ii i 

 

 

 

 
  
 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD. 
Autograph letter, not signed . 1869 - 70.

Frankfurt. To Sally Orne. 4 pp. (partial text only begins on page 5). Evo Late
the same month, Mary again writes to Sally Orne. expressing her concerns ver
Congress? actions on behalf of her pension and devoting much of the letter to
praising Charles Sumner. Not in Turner.

 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD. 7
Autograph letter signed ("Mrs. A. Lincoln?). 1870 Feb 2.

Frankfurt. To James Orne. 4 pp. 8vo. Desperate to resolve her pecuniary
situation, Mary appeals to Sally's husband James. the wealthy Republican
benefactor: "Dear Mr. Orne. will you, in your great goodness. ascertain as you have
the means of doing, whether the services of my great good husband, will be
recognised, by his country. The silence so far, regarding some relief for me in
Congress is very painful to me. Will you forgive the liberty have taken inform
me, when you receive this, candidly what expectations. I may Not in
Turner.

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed ("Mary Lincoln?). 1870 May 28.

Marienbad. Bohemia. To James Orne. 6 pp. 8vo. Three months later, her
"?nances apparently in freefall. Mary renews her appeal to Mr. Orne in response to
word that Congress has turned its back on her situation. She mentions the Senate
committee report tabling her bill because of lack of precedent and the fact that her

wealth. as they calculated it. amounted to nearly $60,000. She strongly refutes that 
charge. Turner_p. .561.

LINCOLNI MARY TODD.
Autograph letter signed. 1871 Fall.

Chicago. To Rhoda White. 7 pages. 8vo. Stationery with black borders 
monogram on page 1. With envelope addressed in Mary Lincoln's hand and with
her free frank "Free Mary Lincoln." Postmarked Saint Charles, Ill. 8 December. 
Mostly on her poor health and "my aching, broken, desolated life," and her plans to
visit Florida, perhaps with her son Robert. She refers to the death of Tad: "without
my blessed, darling son. who was such a comfort to me, I can scarcely live." Not in
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MARY 

Manuscript copy of an autograph letter, written for Mary Lincoln in an unidenti?ed
hand and signed "Mrs. A. Lincoln." 1873 Oct 22.

Washington, 0.0. To H. Crosby. 1 page. 8vo. Written on War Department
stationery. Asking if Crosby has heard from Mr. Allen and noting that her rent would
soon be due. Rare. In the years following Tad's death Mrs. Lincoln all but
disappeared from sight. Letters from the period 1871 to 1876 are scarce. Some
may have been lost, others were perhaps deliberately destroyed. Not listed in
Turner.


Autograph note signed ("Mrs. Abraham Lincoln"). 1881 Dec 15.

New York. To an unidenti?ed correspondent. 1 112 pages. 8vo. Written in pencil
on stationery of Miller?s Hotel. Introducing Reverend Minor, "our clergyman for 15
a friend very much beloved by my husband Abraham One of
only two letters extant from 1881. Mary died the following July 16th. Turner, p. 710 I
(imne?emxtjited); .

T660 

 

 

 

 

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MARY 

WILLIAMSON, ALEXANDER.

Three telegrams, two of which are in Williamson's hand; the third written out by the
dispatcher who addresses the ?rst two telegrams and signs them with his initials
Dated 1665 Nov 15. 1865 Dec 19 . and 1866 June 14.

Sent from the Treasury Department regarding relief and bene?ts for Mary Lincoln as I
well as a Sanitary Fair contribution made by her. At the bottom of the third I
telegram. the dispatcher affixes a asking whether or not Mrs. Lincoln's i
franking privilege applies to telegram; - 

MARY LINCOLN ARTIFACTS

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
[Artifact]

Five American fiddle pattern coin silver dessert spoons. formerly belonging to
Frances Wallace. Mary Todd Lincoln's sister.

Monogrammed "Wallace." Maker?s mark of Chatterton". Spring?eld, ll. 7 1I8
in. (I) Fiddleback handles with dog-nose terminals. Chatterton's establishment was 
the Tiffany's of Spring?eld.


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MARY TODD.
[Artifact]

Five American ?ddle pattern soup spoons. formerly belonging to Elizabeth Edwards,
Mary Todd Lincoln's sister.

Engraved "Edwards." Maker's mark "Platt 8. Brother." New York. Circa 1825.
Made from coin silver. Shaped ?ddleback handles with dog-nose terminals. 7 1/8
in. (I) These spoons were probably used at the celebration for Abraham and Mary
Lincoln's wedding ?eld at the E_dwards' home.

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
[Artifact]
Ten bouillon soup spoons. formerly belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln.

Handles are engraved Maker?s mark: "The Gorham Manufacturing 
Providence, Rhode Island. 5 1I2 in. (I) With an af?davit from Robert Todd Lincoln
Beckwith stating that these were once the property of Mary Todd Lincoln. Appeared
in the e?libition "Last Best Hope of Earth."_ 
LINCOLN, MARY TODD.

[Artifact]

Undergarments.

Camisole top.

And with 
Bloomers slip bottom. Both formerly belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln.

Hand-stitched cotton with original ribbon. Well-preserved._

 

 

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ENCOLN, MARY TODD.
[Artifact]
A whale ivory folding notepad. formerly belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln.

With seven sections, measuring 3 1 518 in. Four are printed on one side. reading
Monday through Saturday. for each day of the week. And with front and rear ivory
covers; metal clasp and shield-shaped escutcheon. With pencil writing on both
sides. though not in Mary Lincoln's hand. Appeared in the exhibition ?Last Best 
Hope of Earth.? 
LINCOLN, MARY TODD

[Artifact]

An ivory letter opener. formerly belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln.

Scale-carved curved handle formed as a bird and ?sh. Blade pierced with a band of
pendant Ieayes. Appeared in the exhibitiog "Last Be_st?ope of Earth." 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD. I
[Artifact] I
An assembled suite of antique blackjewelry, formerly belonging to Mary Todd
Lincoln.

Comprising a carved onyx disk within an arched scroll frame of black enamel.
suspending three black onyx drops, mounted in yellow gold. .

And with 
A pair of ear pendants, each designed as an arched black enameled yellow gold

plaque, suspending an onyx drop. Appeared in the exhibition "Blood on the Moon?
at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library} I

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
'[Artifacts]
Mourning neck scarf. black silk.

Offered with 
Mourning veil. black lace. Both items formerly belonging to Mary Lincoln.

 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD
[Books from the Spring?eld home of Mary Todd Lincoln]

Set of two books.

Leslie, Eliza. Directions for Cookem in its various edition.
And with Leslie?s The House Book: or. a Manual of pgmestic Economy.

Both volumes: Philadelphia, 1840. Bvo. Orig. calf, gilt-lettered morocco spine label.
Mary Lincoln's treasured household books from her home in Spring?eld, later given
to her daughter-in?law Mary Harlan Lincoln. Directions for Goo?keg with the
signature "Mary E. Harlan" on title page.

 

 

UNCOLN, MARY TODD
[Book -- from the library of Mary Todd Lincoln]
Golden Leaves from the American Poegs. Collected by W.S. Hows.

New York. 1865. 8vo. Orig. green cloth; top edge gilt. Presentation copy. inscribed:
"To Mrs. A Lincoln with compliments of Frank W. Ballard, December 8. 1864.?
Ballard was Secretary of the Young Men's Republican Union of New York. Two of
his own poems are inclu_deg.__.

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD. 
[Artifact]
Inscription to Mary Todd Lincoln written on the title page of a book.

Inscription by Carl F. Newman written on a title page from his book An Abraham
Inscribed: "To Mrs. Lincoln homage from the historian of the 
United Ber_lin_._S_eptember 2_ 1865.

 

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MARY LrNco'L? T- 

 

LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
[Engraving]
Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Lincoln.

Boston: L. Prang, ca. 1861. 3 SM x2 3/8 in.

 

MARY TODD
[Engraving]
Wood engraving of Mary Lincoln, Mrs. McClellan and Mrs. Senator Crittenden.

As published in an unnamed New York newspaper, February 22, 1862. 1 page. 
4to. Text with account of Presidential ball, February 6. 1862.

MARY undoing moms

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, MARY TODD.
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln.

_C_irc_a 18_60. 4 2 3/8 in. Bust B1 dress with lace collar and brooch.

 

LINCOLN: 
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln.

By Brady Co. Published by E. and HT. Anthony. Circa 1861. 3 518 2 3/8 in.
With backstamp of Anthony. Three-quarter length portrait of Mary, seated. holding
.8 bouguet- 



 

MARY 
[Carte-de-visite]
Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln.

_1862. 4 112 _2 1/2 in. portraitI holding a bouguet.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN - MANUSCRIPTS

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph promissory note. signed Lincoln"). 1833 Oct 19.

Countersigned by William F. Berry and William Green. [New Salem] . 1 page.
Oblong 4to. Verso with endorsement of Reuben Radford certifying receipt of $125
of the amount owed. Also with Lincoln's autograph notes on amounts paid and still I
owing. Lincoln referred to this as his "national debt." Basler 1:20 (with long
expliatgm mtel. _Appeared in the exhibition "Last Beslelope_o_f Earth."

 

 

ABRAHAM.
Autograph legal document. 1827 May 10 [sic 1837] .

 

no place. One page. 4to. Document is headed "a copy". Relating to the case of I
Joseph Anderson vs. Joseph Miller, constituting Joseph Anderson?s assignment of a I
judgment in his favor. granted by the Sangamon Circuit Court. to James Adams.

The text of the document. here written entirely in Lincoln's hand, is printed in its 
entirety in the unique "To The Public" broadside (also in the Taper collection). which
describes the background to this affair involving a dispute with the locally prominent
Adams. Basl_er l_:_89 

 



 

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[Broadsides]
[Lincoln,Abraham.] 1837 Aug 5 and 1837 Aug 7. (2 items).

Lincoln. Abraham. ?To the 1837. Aug 5. 1 page. 4to. Printed in three
columns. And Talbott. Benjamin. Benjamin Talbott, being first 
1837. Aug 7. 1 page. Tall 8vo. With brief note in Lincoln's hand on verso.

First Lincoln printing effort, known as the Adams handbill. Aspiring young lawyer
Lincoln launches a case on behalf of a poor widow, reclaiming property from a
politically powerful land speculator. Docketed by Lincoln on verso with exhibit mark.
Both items enclosed in a blue morocco folding case. The only known copy in
existence. Exhibited in "The Last Best Hope of Earth" at the Huntington Library and
the Chicago Historical Society.

 

 

 



LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
Autograph legal document, signed ("Stuart Lincoln"). 1838 Apr 20.

[no place]. Comprising an agreement and note for James M. Crain. One page. 4to.
Endorsed on verso by court clerk. Entire text in Lincoln's hand. Relates to a case in
the Tazewell County Circuit Court and Lincoln and Stuart's efforts to recovera debt.
Stuart was Lincoln's law tutor and ?rst partner. Very ?ne condition. Baslerl 119 -
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Autograph document, signed twice by Lincoln Lincoln" in text and at end). 1838 I
June 18.

Spring?eld. A bond for Charles Matheny. One page. 4to. Verso with endorsement El
countersigned by Matheny, William Butler. Abner Ellis and Lincoln. Lincoln signed

few such bonds and none after 1840. Very ?ne condition. Journal of Abrahanl .
Lincoln Association 9: 37.  
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 

Partly printed document. endorsed and signed on verso (?Stuart 8: Lincoln"). 1839
March 30.

Spring?eld. One page. Folio. With woodcut seal of Sangamon County Circuit 
Court. Accomplished and signed by William Butler, Clerk. Instructing the sheriff to 
seize goods belonging to James Manary and William Cassity in settlement of a debt. 
Verso with 5-line autograph endorsement bv Lincoln._30 March. I
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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM and STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. 

Autograph legal docu ment. signed Lincoln for plfl" and A Douglass [sic] for 
Dell"). 1839 Aug 17.

Schuyler County. One page. Oblong 8vo. In the case of Stephen T. Logan vs
James Adams. both attorneys (Lincoln and Douglas) certi?ed that the parties have
agreed to hold over the case to the Spring term of 1840. Apparently, this is the only
surviving document bearing the signatures of both Lincoln and Douglas. here

spelled with an additional Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth" i
at the Chicago Historical Societv. _1 9516;92. 



 

 

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TINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 
Autograph legal document, signed ("Logan 8. Lincoln"). 1841 July. I
Sangamon County. One full page. Folio. With partly printed receipt dated June 26, 
1841, attached at top of document. Docketed on verso by Lincoln. Relates to case

of McComas vs Edward D. Baker who has given a promissory note for $156.50 plus -
interest, but has not yet made payment. Baker was one of Lincoln's early neighbors I
and a life-long friend, after whom he named his second son. Edward Baker Lincoln.

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. I

Autograph legal document, unsigned. Docketed on verso and dated 1841 Aug 4. 

Springfield. One page. Oblong 4to. A list of four interrogatories in the case of
Nathaniel Hay vs Nicholas Bryan.

LINCOLN, ABEAHAM. 
Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1842 Feb 16. 

Spring?eld. To 6.8. Shelody [sic Shelledy]. 1 112 pages. 4to. Integral address leaf 
in Lincoln's hand (with additional signature Linooln?.) Just after establishing a
partnership with Stephen T. Logan, Lincoln writes a lawyer in Edgar County,
regarding certain cases in which he is involved, and fonNards the appropriate forms
(schedules 270 7 71.

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph document signed Lincoln attorney for Stafford".) 1842 Nov 26.

Spring?eld. One page. Oblong 8vo. Countersigned by J. Calhoun. Clerk. Llncoln
authorizes the sheriff or clerk to enter a judgment as satis?ed in full if the balance
"does not exceed Lincoln did not sign any other documents in this manner
after this date. Written three weeks after his marriage to Mary Todd.



LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 
Autograph legal document. signed ("Logan Lincoln 1843 circa October.

Springfield. One page. Oblong 4to. Docketed on verso. Regarding the case of Eli .
Matthews vs John Nichols, specifying that certain notes cannot be settled due to the
insolvency of one party so "that a suit against them or either of them would have
been unavailing."

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Signature Lincoln") on verso of a partly printed warrant from the Auditor's Of?ce.
State of Illinois. 1844 Nov 14.

Spring?eld. 2 pages. Narrow oblong. Verso accomplished in manuscript;
countersigned by Auditor W.L.D. Ewing, certifying payment to Lincoln for his
services "as bearer of the presidential polls from Lawrence County to the seat of

government? Ewing served with Lincoln in the Blackjjawk Wa_r._ 

 

 



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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

[Book - from the Lincoln Hemdon Law Office]

Scammon, J. Young.

R_eports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Qourt of the State of
Illinois.

 

Vol. 4. Philadelphia. 1844. Large 8vo. Modern calf gilt morocco spine labels.
Inscribed in ink "Lincoln 8t Hemdon" in Lincoln's handwriting in four places on ?y
leaves. With small printed notarized label (dated Aug 1, 1930) con?rming that the
volume is one of those from the law books used by Lincoln and Hemdon and later
passed on to Alfred Orendorff. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of
Earth."

 

 

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*meom, ABRAHAM.
Autograph legal document, signed Lincoln.") 1845 Oct 3.

Spring?eld. One page. Oblong 8vo. Filing endorsement on verso. In response to a
query regarding fees charged in the case of "The Estate of Marvelous Eastham",
Lincoln lists fees for various legal services. Some amounts have been crossed
through by Lincoln and a lower amount indicated. He adds: have set down the
above as being about fair." This document demonstrates Lincoln's honesty by his
willingness to lower fees. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

 

 

UNELN, ABRAHAM.
Manuscript legal document. signed Lincoln?). 1847 Aug 5.

Countersigned by several others. One page. Folio. Verso with endorsement. Bond
for $1,000 to guarantee the accounting by Constable John M. Cabaniss. Journal of
ILA. 9; 43. 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph manuscript, unsigned. ["Bass-ackwards" manuscript] Circa 1845 - 50?

Lincoln relates a humorous, somewhat ribald story, known as the "Bass-Ackwards"
manuscript. Spring?eld? One page. Oblong 4to. Written on pale blue paper. A
famous relic of the coarser side of Lincoln's humor written in his largest, clearest
hand. Apparently, a unique survival of Lincoln's comic storytelling. Appeared in the
exhibitions "Last Best Hope of Earth" and ?Abraham Lincoln: A Personal Journey" at
the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum.

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1849 June 23.

Washington, DC. To John M. Clayton. One page. 4to. A letter from Congress
regarding Martin P. Sweet's application for a diplomatic appointment, endorsing his
candidacy. Clayton was the Illinois Secretary of State and Sweet was a Whig leader
from Freeport, Journal of ALA, 13: 51.

Offered with 
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln"). 1861 Mar 19.

Washington. Countersigned by Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. Elephant folio.
Printed on parchment. Lincoln appoints John J. Sweet a second lieutenant in the
second regiment of cavalry. Sweet was most likely a son of Martin P. Sweet,
mentioned a_boye in. Lincoln'smcar to CLavtan

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Signature Lincoln") on a partly printed warrant from the Auditor's Office. State of
Illinois. 1851 Jan 8.

Spring?eld. 2 pages. Narrow oblong. Verso accomplished in manuscript.

Certifying payment to Lincoln for "my services as atty in behalf of the state vs. the
sureties of Camphor."

 

 



ENCOLNJABRAHAM.

Three manuscript documents, all in Lincoln's hand, from the legal case of Kitchell 8:
Kitchell vs. Mary Ann Jacobus. 1851 .

Lincoln "re-dresses" a neighborhood wrong. Lincoln defended the Kitchells against
Jacobus' claim that they had slandered her reputation and referred to her as a
woman of questionable reputation, specifically as a "whore."

a) 1851 Sept 16. Autograph manuscript, signed twice by Lincoln. 1 page.
Folio. Docketed on verso. Lincoln ?les plaintiff?s statement that defendant "is not
guilty of speaking said words in manner and Jacobus alleged that
Milden Kitchell stated "Mary Ann Jacobus is a whore. Mary Ann Jacobus gets her
clothes by whoring."

 

b) n.d. Autograph manuscript in Lincoln's hand. 1 page. Folio. Recording I
sworn statement of Jacobus regarding the plaintiff's not owning "any property
whatever, beyond her wearing apparel."

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ILINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Autograph legal document. signed by Moses Thorpe and J. Johnson. Clerk. 1852
1 1. 
Monticello. Illinois. One page. Folio. Written on blue paper. Unusual legal af?davit l.
in the case of Jordan vs Thorpe regarding "the value of a certain bull which it is
claimed this af?ant castrated." asserting that "said bull did not belong to said I
any time after his change of condition by which he ceased to be a bull." 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph legal document, signed ("Lincoln. for defendant"). Filed 1853 Oct 4.

Pekin. Illinois. One page. Folio. Docketed on verso by Lincoln. A motion to quash 
the indictment in the case of The People of the State of Illinois vs John and Abner
Shaffer, stating three objections to the charge, denying that the "defendants
obtained the money. false pretenses" and moving that the indictment be
Iquashed.

 

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Autograph legal document, signed Lincoln.") Text of document contains 

Lincoln's full name written four times. 1854 Aug 11 (endorsed "satis?ed in full 24

November 1858.") I


Springfield. One full page. Folio. Written on blue paper. indenture
between Ritta Angelica D. Sylva and Abraham Lincoln. by which Sylva agrees to
transfer to Abraham Lincoln 8 lot in Springfield if her debt to Lincoln of $125. with
interest. is not paid in four years. Along left?hand margin is Lincoln's later
endorsement (signed Lincoln"), certifying that the note has been paid in full. The
mortgagee was one of a group of Protestant Portuguese who immigrated to Illinois
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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1855 Jan 14.





Springfield. To Richard Yates. Two pages. 4to. With integral blank. Written on
blue paper. Letter to a close political ally spelling out his strategy to secure an
Illinois senatorial seat. in the wake of the reversal of the Missouri Compromise.
Lincoln carefully tabulates the votes van'ous candidates are likely to receive in the
legislature when a count is taken to ?ll the vacant seat. Basler, supp l: 25 - 26.

 

 

erTcouv, ABRAHAM I 
Autograph letter signed Lincoln.") 1855 Feb 16.

Spring?eld. To J.0. Norton. Four full pages. 4to. Important letter regarding
Lincoln's defeat in the contest for the Illinois Senate seat in February, 1855 (see
preceding letter of Jan 14th on same matter). Lincoln refers to himself as "quite
convalescent.? depicts Governor Matteson as the cause of his dif?culties. and
analyzes the ups and downs of the balloting in the legislature. Not published until
Basler supp 2:9-11. When purchased by the Taper collection, Mark Neely said this
was the best Lincoln letter he had ever seen. Appeared in the exhibitions "Last Best
Hope of Earth" and "Abraham Lincoln: A Personal Journey" at the Gerald Ford
PresidentiaLMr?eum

 

 

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Autograph legal document. signed ("Davis, Lincoln Lamon Filed on 1855
May 29.

Danville. Illinois. One page. Folio. Verso with Lincoln's docket. Regarding the
case of George W. Taylor vs Philip Leonard, Jr. Legal notice that the defendant "will
offer to prove that the plaintiff is indebted to him" for $389.50 for "clothing, boarding
and lodging of said will offer to set off the same against the claims of
the plaintiff." I

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Document signed. 1855 June 5.

Sangamon County. Illinois. 2 pp. Folio. Petition for road. Scarce early petition
signed by citizen Lincoln and over two hundred like-minded citizens to launch a road 5
of commerce between Spring?eld and Peoria "as lies between the northern limits of
the city of Spring?eld and Henry Converse's house on said road.". Shows Lincoln's
spirited and developing concern for civic welfare. Only one other petition signed by
Lincoln has been offered at auction in the last 25 years.

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Autograph document. "Fee Bill Execution Docket" book for DeWitt County, Illinois.
1855 June 20 1860 Spring term.

130 leaves. Folio (12 7 1/2 in.) The ?Execution Docket? book contains
approximately 260 unnumbered pages. Bound in original marbled boards, with
leather spine and comers. The book's pages are lined wove paper, ruled into
sections in pencil, with entries in numerous different hands. including Lincoln's.
Most of these entries are in ink; but a few scattered ones are in pencil. As may be
expected with a long and much-used book. the covers are well-wom, scuffed, and
nearly detached, with portions of the top and bottom spine missing. However, the
contents are very good.



 

 

Lincoln appears in this volume over ?fty times. either by dockets in his own ?1
handwriting or by being identi?ed as an attomey in various cases. The vast majority
of these appearances (and all of his dockets) are from 1855. which year takes up
most of the volume. The book begins with listings of criminal cases from offenses
including whiskey-selling, gaming, "obstructing street" and malicious mischief: as
well as one each for rape and for murder. These are then followed by listings of
common law cases and. lastly, cases in chancery. Lincoln the lawyer is listed in

over twenty cases by surname, as an attorney, either alone or in partnership, and
usually for the defense. Several entries show him appearing with Clifton H. Moore
on behalf of the Central Railroad. In over thirty-?ve instances Lincoln has
written a disposition entry, ranging from a simple penciled ?Contd? to two and three-
line ink dockets. These are cases in which he was acting as ajudge. in the I
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When Lincoln historian Harry E. Pratt produced his study of "Judge" Abraham
Lincoln, he was quick to point out that Lincoln?s desire forjustice to be rendered to
all had earlier been addressed by him in New Salem, where Lincoln acted as arbiter
of cock ?ghts, horse races, and other forms of physical combat. Years later, Pratt
tells us, Lincoln's fellow attorneys noted the same judicial spirit the desire to act as
arbiter ?to conciliate and settle a dispute so as to leave the parties friends." Pratt
divided his study among the three counties in which "Judge" Lincoln rode the circuit.
But, when Pratt turned his attention to DeWitt County, he was unable to place
"Judge" Lincoln there prior to 1858. The present ?Execution Docket" book, however.
places "Judge" Lincoln's activities in DeWitt County in June of 1855 and later in
1857. 1858. and in the spring of 1860 making it a useful addition to any
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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

Autograph documents. The Bullock Land Transaction. 1855 - 1859. Comprising
nine items, six of which are in Lincoln's hand..

 

 

 

History is generally pieced together from shards of information meticulously
gathered together by scholars and. hopefully, arranged into meaningful patterns.
Rarely does one ?nd sufficient material to create an array of virtually continuous
data to resurrect an almost seamless event with the dots connected. In the case of
the Maria Bullock property rights in Spring?eld. Illinois, we have such a composite. It
is not known why Maria L. Todd Bullock, the aunt of Mary Todd Lincoln. chose the
young lawyer. Abraham Lincoln, over John Todd Stuart to represent her real estate
interests, but to our great and good fortu ne, she did.

The legacy of the Lincoln-Bullock collaboration comes to us neatly packaged with
ribbon and bow with so many of the parts unbroken and present. Rarely in the
Lincoln world does one ?nd so many documents related to a single activity that
Survive as a mom: 

 

 

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a) 1855 Aug 4. Autograph endorsement. 3-line narrative description of the
property, in Lincoln's hand. And with a 9-line legal petition in Lincoln's hand, signed
by Josiah Francis. Written on a manuscript plat and surveyor's record "Plat of
Bullocks Addition to the city of Spring?eld." drawn and certi?ed by Z.A. Enos,
Sangamon County Surveyor. 2 pp. Folio. In 1855. wishing to dispose of her
property in Spring?eld. Maria Bullock asked Lincoln to assist her with the sale. He
agreed and. on August 4, 1855, obtained a survey and plat map of her holdings.

b) 1855. Aug 20. Autograph document. Promissory note consisting of ?ve lines in
Lincoln's hand. Signed by Viney. Two weeks later, on August 20, William S. Viney,
a resident of Henry County, Iowa (according to items c) and 9) below) purchased
three of the lots from Bullock. He signed a promissory note and a mortgage (see
following item).

 

 

c) 1855. Aug 20. Partially printed indenture. filled in by Lincoln. With later
addendum in Lincoln's hand. The sale amounted to $180, with $18 paid in cash and
the remainder in two annual installments and interest of six per cent I annum. The
?rst payment was made and receipted by Lincoln on November 5, 1856.

A year later when payment fell due on the second note, Viney failed to remit the
money. In that year, according to Lincoln, he ?permitted [the lots] to be sold for the
tax of 1856, and allowed the purchaser to pay the tax of 1857, so that [Bullock]. in
order to preserve her security, [was] compelled to redeem said lots from said sale.
paying double the amount for which they were sold, and the single amount for
[she was] compelled to pay the taxes for the year 1858." (items 9
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id; 1?859. Feb 8. Partially printed document. accomplished by Matheny. Receipt for
Lincoln.

e) n.d. Partially printed docu ment. ?lled in by clerk. Receipt for Lincoln.

f) 1859. Feb 8. Partially printed document. ?lled in by clerk. Receipt for Lincoln.
1859 Feb 8. Autograph documents signed. Four documents combined into a
legal brief describing various aspects of the transaction. All in Lincoln's hand and
signed four times by him. 4 pp. Folio. Viney never paid his debt and when 
Bullock?s relatives urged her to retrieve monies still due her. she pressed Lincoln for

further action. On February 8. 1859, he requested a subpoena from the Sangamon
County Court.

I. 
h) 1859 May 19. Autograph document, incorporating Lincoln's name in text. 1 p.

4to. An account of expenses paid to the County Clerk in connection with the case
includes publication of a notice of Bullock's impending lawsuit.

 

 

i) 1859 May 19. Autographed brief summary of the Bullock I Viney transaction of
the foreclosure and sale of land. 2pp. Folio. On May 19, Lincoln issued a decree
summarizing the transaction and requesting foreclosure and the sale of Viney's
property. Bullock won the suit and was awarded a judgment of $108.39. However,
Ishe had to wait two more years to recover her money.

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Partly printed document, accomplished and signed ("Abraham Lincoln"). 1855 Aug
28.

Spring?eld. 1 page. Narrow oblong. A decorative printed promissory note, by
which Isaac Lindsay promises to pay Lincoln the sum of $600 at 10% annual
interest. Verso of document with an extensive and detailed record of Lindsay's
repayment of the debt which began prior to the Lincoln-Douglas debates and lasted
through much of Lincoln's presidency. From August 1857 to August 1860 these
records are in Lincoln's hand. From September 1861 to May 1864 they are in the
hand of Robert mm. a surrogate, as Lincoln had left Spring?eld for Washington.
DC. and the Presidency. This document shows Lincoln's remarkable business
sense.

 



 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph manuscript signed. 1857 July 20.

2 pp. Folio. Quite detailed statement of the case of Mrs. Mary Fahnestock. a
relative of Lincoln's by marriage, who died intestate after the death of her father.
StatingLis opinion as to how lands she owned in Ohio should be handled.

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln.") 1857. Sept 13.

Chicago. To Jesse K. Dubois. One page. 8vo. Unusual letter, appealing to his
friend for frank information concerning the situation with certain stocks held by a 
bank and Dubois' responsibility, since they have depreciated. to deposit additional 
stocks, "or, in default, wind them up." Lincoln writes that "several persons here keep
teasing me about you and the bank commissioners not enforcing the banking
my stupidity. I do not believe I quite understand what the ground of
complaint Basler 2 414.

Q?ered?th .
A collection of bonds issued by the State Bank of Illinois and others. most
unaccomplished. in various denominations and styles.

Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth" at the Chicago Historical
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Lincoln, Abraham.
Autograph letter signed. 1858 Jan 29.

1 page. 4to. To John Olney. During the period when Lincoln was wearing his
"judge's hat," his colleague John Olney asked him to evaluate the likelihood of a
favorable result to a legal case Olney was considering. John Olney. a partner in the
legal firm of Olney McAtee in Shawneetown. Gallatin County, was active in
Republican Party politics, serving as a delegate to the state party convention in
1858. Two years later, he ran as a Republican presidential elector and on June 27,
1867. was selected to the bench of Illinois' 19th Circuit Court.

It is thought that the case under consideration is Daniel Doup vs. Ninian Primm and
Samuel C. Gibson. Lincoln and his partner Hemdon had previously been serving as
Doup?s attorneys regarding some Illinois real estate transactions. But, Doup died in
the middle of this business (June of 1857). leaving a wife and several other heirs,
and?nevmas drawn iotosome asoect of?oun'sa?aimltisannateut?om

 

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 
Autograph letter signed Lincoln?). 1859 Mar 3.

Spring?eld. To Haden Keeling, Esq. One page. 4to. Thoughtful advice to a legal
client, informing him that do not think there is the least use of doing any more with
the law-suit. I not only do r?t think you are sure to gain it. but I do think you are sure
to lose it. Therefore the sooner it ends the better." Basler 3 371. Appeared in the
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ABRAHAM.
{Autograph legal document signed twice ("Parks 8 Lincoln 1859 April 1.

Logan County. One page. 4to. Docketed on verso. Regarding the case of Reuben
W. Burt vs. Sackett Davis 8 Co. In response to plaintiff's claim, attorneys for the
defendant declare that the defendant "did not undertake and promise in manner and
[sic]" and that the value of the jewelry sold to defendant "was
it appeared, by a large sum." This. Lincoln asserts, "was known to 'l
plaintiffs, at the time. and by them concealed from the defendant." A rare form of
Lincoln's signature. used twice in this document.  

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph note signed Lincoln"). 1859 July 8.

Written on verso of a letter addressed to Lincoln from K.H. Fell, Bloomington, 1859
July 8. 2 pages. 4to. Lincoln's note on verso comprising 9 lines plus signature.
Fell writes to inform Lincoln that he is unable to discharge the whole debt he owes
and suggests a schedule of payment. In his note Lincoln, who had won a case for
Fell. approves the plan proposed. as "l have your word that the remainder will be
.paid." Basler supp 2 17. Kersey Fell was a lawyer and brother of Jesse Fell who
Ilaunched Lincoln's presidential campaign. Adlai Stevenson was a descendant of
:the Fell 

 

 

LINCOLNI ABRAHAM.
Autograph legal document, signed twice ("Abraham Lincoln" and Lincoln"). Filed
1860 Feb 13.

no place. One page. Folio. An af?davit of non-residency filed in the case of The
Columbus Machine Manufacturing Company and Peter Ambos versus a number of
other individuals.

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Partly printed document, signed by Robert Irwin as Treasurer of Spring?eld Marine 
Fire Insurance Co. 1860 Feb 22.

Spring?eld. One page. Oblong 8vo. Bank draft for $50 payable to Lincoln but
never used by him. This is one of two bank drafts that Lincoln purchased before his
trip to speak at Cooper Union. The other draft was used this one was retained. I

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph legal document, signed ("Lincoln Herndon Filed 1860 March 19.:

One page. Oblong 4to. Brief Lincoln endorsement on verso. A plea of action in the 
case of John E. Laughery versus Michael Hinrichsen. claiming that the plaintiff's
assertions "are not suf?cient in law" to maintain his said action. Lincoln's last
appearance as attorney in Logan County. While at court, he learned of Governor
Bissell's impending death and returned to Spring?eld then gave up his legal
practice to prepare for the presidential campaign.

 

 

LINCO-LN, 
Autograph lettersigned Lincoln.") 1860 June 26.

Spring?eld. To J.R. Giddings. One page. 8vo. Marked "Private" at top corner.
Lincoln responds to suggestions irom an Ohio abolitionist congressman whom he
later named as Consul-General to Canada. Giddings had suggested Lincoln not
answer any questions regarding his presidential policies until elected. Lincoln
acknowledges his suggestions and adds: "lfl fail. it will be for lack of abilig, and not
of pull)ch Basler 4:80 - 81. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

 

 

 

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TINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Engraving]
Engraved portrait. signed and inscribed in pencil Lincoln"). 1861 Feb 18.

With additional ink inscription: "To W.M. Kasson I Feby 18th 1861" written on a

small slip attached to the bottom of the image. 2 3/8 2 3/8 in. (portrait). 3 3/4 5
in., incl. mount. Enclosed in a contemporary gutta-percha decorative hinged case
with velvet linings and gilt-metal mat. One of three existing c0pies of the only print
portrait which Lincoln is known to have signed. Six proof copies were sent to Lincoln
in Spring?eld prior to his departure for Washington. On the trip Lincoln used a parlor
car made for him by William M. Kasson of Buffalo, NY. The signature and
iinscription were presented to Kasson when the inaugural train st0pped in Buffalo on
{Feb 18th, 1861. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln.") 1861 Mar 29.

Washington. To Hiram Bamey. One page. 8vo. Lincoln writes: think I can make
up the New York card better after having a talk with you." Barney, a prominent New
York attorney, was appointed Collector of the Port of New York in April, 1861.
However. in September of 1864 Lincoln removed him from of?ce. Basler 4 300.

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. i
Autograph note signed. 1861 July 9. I

Washington, DC. 1 page. 8vo. Re Theodore C. Dorsey to be a candidate at West.
Point. Lincoln refers the request of Isabella Dorsey to appoint her 16-year old
brother as a cadet at West Point "when he shall be old enough." Unusual war date
le_tteL

 

 

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Autograph letter signed. 1861 July 15.

Executive Mansion. Washington, D.C. To Montgomery Blair (Post-Master General).
1 page. 8vo. Re John for Post?Master of Spring?eld. Lincoln requests
the nomination of an old friend from Spring?eld. as Postmaster of that
city. Lincoln had defended both and his son Duff (the latter on a murder
charge. for which Lincoln asked no fee) in the 1850's. served as
Post_master_urMugugt_1.865.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph endorsement signed. 1861 Aug 7.

Washington, D.C. To Simon Cameron. Re Carter B. Harrison appornted a
Lieutenant. Lincoln's endorsement appears on verso of an autograph letter signed
(1 page. 4to.) written by future president Benjamin Harrison. Indianapolis. 1861 July
13. Harrison's letter to A.G. Porter requests a commission for his brother. Carter B. 
Harrison. Carter and Benjamin Harrison were grandsons of William Henry Harrison. 
Basler sum. 1 89.

 

LINEN. ABRAHAM.-
Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1861 Oct 14.

1Executive Mansion. Washington. D.C. To 8.8. French. 1 page. 8vo. Referring to
LThomas Stackpole and Louis Bargdorf. watchmen at the White House. and stating.
am getting along so well with all here that I greatly dislike to make a break

Frln_the_n_aners_of BB French. .

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph note signed. 1861 Nov 13.

-To Simon Cameron. Re transfer for son of Colonel Edward D. Baker. Written on
the verso of an autograph letter signed by ED. Baker. 1861 Nov 12. Lincoln
warmly obliges a request from the son of his close friend, Edward D. Baker, for a
military transfer to a unit of Oregon volunteers, "consistently with the public service."
He adds, shall be very glad, being sincerely desirous to oblige him, for his father's
sake. as well as his own." Lincoln's ?rst child, Eddie. was named after Baker. who
was killed in action at Ball's Bluff. Basler suoo. 1 109.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed. 1862 Mar 3.

Washington, 0.0. To Edwin Stanton. 1 page. 8vo. Re Edward 3. Jerome, son of
the sister of "our lamented Col. Baker." Lincoln warmly responds once again to a I
member of the Baker family, this time regarding a promotion for Edward B. Jerome. I
"He is a very intelligent and very brave let it be so." Basler supp 1 
124.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln".) 1862 May 16.

Washington. To Valentine B. Horton. One page. 8vo. Lincoln returns a copy of
Horton's letter "with a copy of my endorsement upon it. You perceive I did exactly
what you requested, neither more nor less." Valentine Horton was a Republican
congressmen from Ohio. Basler. sing 2 

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Salesman's sample book, with entries signed by Lincoln, members of his Cabinet,
Alexander Gardner. Peter Cooper. and over one hundred others. ca. 1863.

A unique salesman's sample copy of J.T. Headley's The Great Rebellion. With
printed text. engraved plates, binding samples and over 100 pages containing
names and addresses of subscribers. Included are Salmon P. Chase. Gideon
Welles, William H. Seward, and Montgomery Blair. Lincoln's entry reads 
Lincoln, Washington DC. Library", signifying the binding style that he ordered.

Offered with 
Two 2-volume sets of Headley's The Great Rebellion, in variant bindings. one in
morocco.

 

The two sets are boxed with the subscription book in a custom half morocco
slipcase. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth".

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph endorsement signed. 1863 Jan 22.

Washington. To Edwin M. Stanton. 5 lines plus signature and date. Written on
verso of a letter from Illinois Governor Richard Yates to Stanton. 1863 Jan 12, on
State of Illinois stationery. Re families of boys who "are among my old
acquaintances." Lincoln acknowledges a request from Yates that two young boys
who ran away from home and enlisted in the cavalry "without the consent of their
parents" to join the army be immediately discharged. Lincoln knew the boys'
families and vouches for their character.

 

 

 

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LINCOLN. ABRAHAM. i

Autograph endorsement. unsigned. Feb-March 1863? I


No place. Lincoln writes four lines in pencil on a small enveIOpe that was addressed

to him as President: "James Shrigley wants to be re-nominated a Hospital

Chaplain." With a letter from Shn'gley to Preston King, dated Feb 21, 1863. And

fpkm?bv :3 n9_te frmeing to Linear. 



1
lecom, ABRAHAM. i
Autograph letter signed Lincoln.") 1863 Mar 11. 


I

Washington. To Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. One page. 8vo. Lincoln
writes: "Senators tell me that Gen. Mitchell of Kansas nominated for a Major
.has been rejected." Lincoln proposes Thomas Ewing of Kansas be
appointed in hi_spla_c?: '{Please_ send me_the nomi?ation.?n B_asler suppl 181.

. 5 


Autograph note signed Lincoln.") 1863 May 14.

 

Washington. To Charles Sumner, Senator from Massachusetts. One page. Written
on a small oblong card. "Will Senator Sumner please come to breakfast with Gen.
IHooker this morning, half past This frantic get-together and others like it most
lprobably had something to do with Lincoln's notion to suspend habeas corpus.

 

 



 

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[Carte-de-visite]

Gardner. Alexander. Carte-de-visite portrait photograph. signed Lincoln.")
Taken in Washington by Alexander Gardner. August 9. 1863.

4 2 1/2 in. approx. Pasted on gilt-ruled mount. upper comers rounded. Boldly
signed in white portion beneath the image. Ostendorf. 0-71. Appeared in the
exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

LIN?coin. 
Partially printed document, signed by Lincoln. 1863 Aug 10.

Draft call from the state of New York. second district. for 2.050 men. Following riots
that took place in July. Lincoln insists on the draft. an action resisted by the New
York governor. who had declared it unconstitutional.

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LINCOLN. ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1863 Aug 29.

Washington. To Edwin M. Stanton. Secretary of War. Washington. One page.
8vo. Lincoln asks Stanton to furnish a new pass for the embalmer Dr. Brown "who
has so long gone with our armies." Brown was the embalmer of Willie Lincoln in
February 1862. and three years later. in April 1865. of the President himself. From
the Sangand Forbes 6 

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ETNCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1863 Oct 4.

Washington. To George Meade. Major General. Half page. 4to. Lincoln writes: 

am appealed to in behalf of Daniel Hanson. . .said to be under sentence of death for
desertion. Please inform me as usual." Lincoln repeated his inquiry the following 
day and again on October 15. Basler 6 :?498. 1'




LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Partly printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln"). 1864 Feb 23.

Washington. One page. 4to. Order to af?x the seal to a pardon for George

.Hamilton.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Partly printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln"). 1864 Feb 29.

Washington. An order to af?x the seal to a diplomatic power for Anson Burlingame
to "conclude a modi?cation of the 14th article of the treaty" between the US. and
China.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph letter signed Lincoln"). 1864 Mar 7.

Washington. 0.0. To Edwin Stanton. 1 page. 8vo. Re Robert J. Stevens. son?in-
law of Colonel Edward D. Baker. Once again. Lincoln obliges the friendship of a
family member of Baker's this time his son-in-law. Stevens. who asks to be
appointed Paymaster. The action was taken on March 18th.

 

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LINCOLN. ABRAHAM.
Autograph note signed Lincoln"). 1864 April 7.

To J.E. Allen. Washington. One page. Small oblong card. Enclosed in an
elaborate red morocco folding case, with oval photo by A. Berger of Lincoln and Tad
(Ostendorf 0-93) and the document beneath. Lincoln writes: "Shoe Tad's horse for
him. A. Lincoln."  A letter signed by Charles M. Tompkins. Chief
Quartermaster's Of?ce, March 29. 1867, Washington, certifying service of Allen as
Superintendent of Repair Shops. Basler supp l: 235. Tad is bringing a note signed
by his father, the President. to the soldiers in the stable. asking them to shoe his
horse. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

Offered with 
[Photograph - ABRAHAM and TAD 

BERGER. ANTHONY. Oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad. Taken
Feb 9, 1864 published 1864. 7 1/4 5 1/4 in.. not including mount. A celebrated
image._BaLe.in_tbis_lamerImmaL

 

 

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ILINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
Autograph note signed 1864 [May 20].

Washington, 0.0. To ?Mother? (Mary Todd Lincoln). 1 page. 8vo. Lincoln's note
reads "Mother, Please put something now in Tad's room." Beneath his request, in
a bold hand, Mary Lincoln writes. "Please give Tad a board some plank, Mrs.
Lincoln." 0n the verso are autograph endorsements signed by JP. Usher and 8.8.
French. Accompanying these notes is an envelope on which French has written 
"President. Mrs. Lincoln, Secy. Usher want Tad's room fixed." In this
correspondence Lincoln addresses Mary with the most endearing term, "Mother."
From the papers of BB. French. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of

Earth." A unique combination of Lincoln lore, marshalling all necessary elements in


LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

Autograph note signed Lincoln"). 1864 Aug 10.

Washington. To Sec. of War E.M. Stanton. Narrow oblong card. "Hon. Sec. of

War, please see Eliot and Mr. Baker. A. Lincoln." Probably referring to
Representative Thomas D. Eliot of Massachusetts who introduced a bill to establish
a Bureau of Emancipation. 

ABRAHAM.
Autograph endorsement signed Lincoln?). 1864 Oct 17.

Washington. To Hanson A. Risley. Three lines plus signature and date on an
oblong. 3 4 in. approx. "Will Mr. Risley please see 8. hear the bearer. Mr. Ruby."
Risley was an agent of the Treasury Department. charged with purchasing goods
the Confederate States at Norfolk.

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 
Autograph endorsement signed. 1864 Nov 9. I

 

Washington, 0.0. To 8.8. French. Five lines plus signature and date. Written on a 
small, blank card. Oblong 24mo. "If Comr. of Public Buildings chooses to give
laborers at White House a holy-day, have no objections." The "holy?day?, of
course, refers to a celebration of Lincoln's re-election the day before, November 8th.
?asler 8:98. Fro_m_the papers 

 

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Telegraph message and signature in surrogate hand. 1863 Aug 28 9:15 am.

 

On letterhead of the US. Military Telegraph Of?ce, Washington, DC. To General 
Crawford. 1 page. 8vo. Lincoln declines to be present at the presentation of a
tLGer?raLM?ieJin th_ewa_ke I


Manuscript proclamation written in an unidenti?ed hand. 1861 19 April.

Washington, 0.0. 3 pp. Folio. Integral blank with note "original copy from Pub.
Printers Of?ce Washington." This exceedingly important proclamation, which
opened the Civil War, orders a blockade of harbors in South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. This manuscript is most
likely the copy of Lincoln's proclamation that was generated by Secretary of War
Seward's of?ce and fonNarded to the Public Printer?s Of?ce, Washington, DC. The
blockade was ordered just a few days after the attack on Fort Sumter. The original,
signed by Lincoln, is in the National Archives. This document in the Taper collection
appeared in the exhibition ?Last Best Hope of Earth."

 



 

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I 

_AB_RAl-lAi_ll ARTIFACTS

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact]
A beaver top hat, formerly belonging to President Abraham Lincoln.

Hand-sewn narrow braid around the edge of the brim; narrow silk ribbon at the join I
between the crown and the brim lined with sized cotton; with thin leather interior hat,
band. This is one of three documented top hats that belonged to Lincoln. One of
the other two is at Hildene (Robert Todd Lincoln's home) and the second is in The
Smithsonian Institution. 11 inches 13 1/2 inches Given by Lincoln to
William Waller (1824 - 1891) of Jackson County, Illinois and passed through
generations of the Waller family. Appeared in the exhibitions ?Last Best Hope of
Earth Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America" at The Huntington and the
Chicago Historical Society. 1993 - 4 and 1996 - 97 the Core Exhibition, Skirball
Cultural Center, 1999 2000 the opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
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LINC6LN, ABRAHAM I
[Artifact] i
A leather bill-book in wallet style, formerly belonging to President Abraham Lincoln. 

When opened. interior with eight narrow compartments for ?ling papers each with
three gilt letters impressed at the top edge. 3 3I8 9 inches folded; 27 9 inches
lunfolded. Provenance Mary Todd Lincoln to Mary Edwards Brown.
granddaughter of Ninian Edwards, husband of Elizabeth P. Todd, Mary Todd's

sister. Appeared in the exhibitions: "Last Best Hope of Earth" and the Core I
Exhibition, Skirball Cultural Center. 

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Luv?com. 
[Artifact]
A pair of silver reading spectacles, formerly belonging to Abraham Lincoln.

With oval lenses, arched nose bridge and folding sides. With an af?davit from
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith. Appeared in the exhibitions "Last Best Hope of
Earth" and__the_C_ore Eahit?n ?he ?irba?CuMal?ter.

 

 

 

meom, 
[Artifact -- LAW 
Smelling salts bottle, from the Lincoln-Hemdon law office in Spring?eld.

Tapering glass bottle wiiwidej?, used for_sme_lli_ng sa_lt? x_1 in. appr? 

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact - LINCOLN-HERNDON 

Brown glass ink bottle (?ne black), from the Lincoln-Herndon law of?ce in
Spring?eld.

Maynard Noyes, circa 1836. Cylindrical body with con?rming inset throat and

bearing tip. 6 1/2 2 1/4 in. approx. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of
Eanhf

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact -- LINCOLN-HERNDON LAW 

Tan glazed ceramic cylindrical ink bottle, from the Lincoln-Herndon Law Of?ce in
Spring?eld.

With cove-molded neck and ribbed lip. 4 1/2 in. Appeared in the exhibition "Last
Best Hope of_Earth." 

LINCOLN. ABRAHAM
[Artifact -- LINCOLN-HERNDON LAW 
Medicine bottle, from the Lincoln-Herndon Law Of?ce in Spring?eld.

IBlue tinted glass panel sided and body marked Wistar?s Balsam of Wild
Cherry. Sin. 

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact -- LINCOLN-HERNDON LAW 

An American mahogany-cased shelf clock. From the Lincoln-Hemdon Law Of?ce in
Springfield.

The painted dial signed "Chauncey Jerome, New Haven". Of classical form. with
rectangular pediment and plinth supporting pilasters. ?anking a glazed door with
tablet, reverse-printed with a scene of Westminster Abbey. And with Roman
chapters. 24 1/4 17 1I2 in Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of
Eanh?



 

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ABRAHAM
[Book -- LINCOLN-HERNDON LAW 
The Revised Code of Laws1 of 

Vandalia, ll. R. Blackwell. 1827. From the Lincoln-Hemdon Law Of?ce in
Spring?eld. Large 8vo. Bound in contemporary half sheep and brown paper
boards. Dated "1827" in ink on spine. Front cover signed "Wm. H. Hemdon" and
signed again on back cover. _spine. front paste-down and free endgper.

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact]
A metal snuff box. reportedly owned by Abraham Lincoln. I

 

Black enamel with orange lettering on upper cover reading say old fellow I take a .
chew!". 3 2 114 1 in. Provenance: Alexander Williamson. who purportedly was 
given the snuff box by Lincoln. It had been presented to Lincoln by an admirer who i
waswawaeym Lincoln did not use tobacco.)

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAIUI.
[Artifact]
?Two walking sticks. reportedly owned by Abraham Lincoln.

Wooden. carved; one with elaborate handle. 36 3/4 38 inches. From the collection
of Benjamin Richardson. noted collector of presidential artifacts and memorabilia. 
His obituary reported that he owned Lincoln's cane in addition to many other
treasures that belonged to the President. Richardson had befriended Mary Lincoln I
and her son Tad after the death of Lincoln. The Taper collection contains
correspondence between them as well as the bloodied gloves and handkerchief that i
Lincoln had at Ford's Theatre on the night of his assassination.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

[Artifact -- Stock certi?cate]

Partly printed document, accomplished in manuscript and signed by of?cials of the
Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company.

I
1852 Aug 27. 1 page. Oblong 4to. With decorative printed borders. Certifying that
Lincoln" is the owner of six shares of the capital stock of the company. This was
the only stock that Lincoln every owned and this is only certi?cate
now in existence. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

[Artifact]

Lincoln and Hamlin campaign ?ag used by the Wide-Awakes in the presidential race
of1860.

Made of printed linen. with block letters reading :"Lincoin Hamlin." 17 25 in 22
29 i_n. (framed). Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact]
Personal seal used by Abraham Lincoln in the White House while President.

Engraved circular brass die with incised design of American eagle in center.
Background decorated with scattered. tiny five-point stars outer border with circular
lettering reading "Seal of the President of the United States.? Attached to an
elaborater turned ivory handle. Seal and handle with small remnants of red sealing
wax. Housed in a specially-fitted protective display case with recessed velvet-
padded receptacle for the seal. Below, a hinged front panel drops away to reveal a
small drawer. Case covered externally and internally in dark red Ievant morocco.
gilt. Inside the lid is a gilt-lettered label that reads "Personal Seal of Abraham
Lincoln as President of the United States of America, 1861 -1 865."

This unique relic of the great president was used constantly and continuously by him
while in of?ce. Exhibited in "The Last Best Hope of Earth? at the Huntington Library
and the Chicago Historical Society and. more recently. at the Gerald R. Ford
Eresidential Museum

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
[Artifact]
Quill pen used by Abraham Lincoln in the White House while President.

Accompanied by the following affidavit: "This pen was used by Abraham Lincoln
while President in the White House and was given to me by my father Colonel
Vi?lliam H. Crook executive Clerk to the President, Carrie C. Brandenberg.? Also
inscribed ?Mary E. Emmons (witness)". From the collection of Oliver Barrett. With
an autograph note to him Barrett from A.W. Hannah regarding Mrs. Brandenberg.
This quill pen is mentioned in Sandburg's Lincoln Collector. p. 208.

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

[Artifact -- Book - From the personal library of ABRAHAM 
Keddie, William. ed. Cyclonaedia of_Literam and Scienti?c Anecdote.

Columbus Follett, Foster Co., 1859. 8vo. Original publisher's gilt-stamped cloth 
half-red morocco slipcase. Inscribed to Lincoln. from his personal library "Abraham
Lincoln [Compliments of] Publisher." The same ?rm published the Lincoln-Douglas-
debates the follo?ing year. 

LINCOLN. ABRAHAM

[Artifact -- Book - From the personal library of ABRAHAM 
Lincoln, Abraham. Message of the President of the United States.._.to the Two
Houses of l.

Washington Government Printing Of?ce, 1864. Thick 8vo. An elaborate 
presentation binding in brown morocco covers with ornate gilt-tooling spine gilt
with Lincoln's name in bottom-most compartment; edges gilt. Evidently. a specially
boundgiyv for p_resentation to Ereside_nt Lincoln. MonahanLaQB. 



 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM MARY TODD LINCOLN WILLIAM LINCOLN
[Artifacts]

Locks of hair from Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln and William ("Willie")
Lincoln.

A lock of hair from Abraham Lincoln. Enclosed in a mid-19th century gutta-percha
daguerreotype case, tied with black ribbon. Laid into a case opposite an albumen
print photograph of Lincoln and bright cut gilt-metal bezel. Offered with A lock of
hair from William ("Willie") Lincoln. Abraham and Mary Lincoln's third son. Enclosed
as above, with photograph of Willie. And with A lock of hair from Mary Todd
Lincoln. Enclosed as above, with photograph of Mary. The group from the Oliver
Barrett. Parke Bernet sale, 1952. The three appeared in the exhibition "Last Best
Hope of Earth." The case with Willie Lincoln's hair and photograph also appeared in
the exhibition "Abraham Lincoln A Personal Journey" at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Museum, 2001 - 2002.

 


[Artifact - Presidential china]

French Limoges porcelain dinner plate. From the presidential service of Abraham
Lincoln.

Manufactured by Haviland 8. Co. 91/2 in. diam. "There is no maker's mark on the
Lincoln china acquired in 1861. The Haviland factory in Limoges. France. has a
tradition of having made it. but this china was purchased ten years before they
started to mark their ware."

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact -- Presidential china]

French Limoges porcelain dessert plate. From the presidential service of Abraham
Lincoln.

Manufactured by Haviland Co. Circa 1861. Center is transfer-printed with a
brown shaded spread-winged American eagle. and banner inscribed in black 
Pluribus Unum" set against a roundel of clouds and sunlight, all within a band of
dots within gilt line and cable bands. 8 1/2 in. (diam) ?There is no maker's mark on
the Lincoln china acquired in 1861. The Haviland factory in Limoges. rance. has a I
tradition of having made it, but this china was purchased ten years before they
started_to__mark_their_ware."

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Artifact - Presidential china]

A French Limoges porcelain buff-ground tureen and cover. With matching pots de
creme and covers.

The buff bands enclosed within gilt-spearheads and beaded clusters. Um?form body
?anked by shell handles. Cover with an artichoke ?nial initialed From the
private dinner service made for President and Mrs. Lincoln. 6 3/4 12 1/2 in. Late
in 1864, probably after the election held in November. Mrs. Lincoln ordered a large
set of china for the White House from an establishment known as China Hall, owned
by James K. Kerr of Philadelphia. In July. 1865. Mrs. Lincoln wrote to Kerr from
Chicago asking him to please send her a set for her own personal use for which
arrangements had been made while she was still in the White House. She
acknowledged receipt of her own service. October 12. 1865.

Offered with Six French Limoges porcelain buff-ground pots de cr?me and covers.
en suite with the tureen listed above. Monogrammed 3 3/4 in. 

 



 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Artifact -- Presidential 
Three out and engraved drinking glasses. From the presidential service of
Abraham Lincoln. I


Consisting of two sherry glasses (4 112 in. and one toddy cup with handles 4 in.
Circa 1861. Attributed to the Dor?inger factory, Greenpoint Flint Giassworks.
Brooklyn, N.Y. Provenance: Mimi Logan McDonald. With a letter stating that these"
glasses were given to her grandfather '?l'addy' Logan, a socially prominent business
ileader in Chicago. by his neighbor Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham and Mary
lLincoln. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best Hope of Earth."

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM and LINCOLN.
[Artifact -- Book and two autographed letters, signed]
Thayer, William M. The Pioneer; Boy [in Greek].

Translated by George Constantine. Athens 1865. 12mo. Bound in modern
quarter brown morocco :with quarter black morocco slipcase. mm Constantine.
George. Autograph letter signed. 1865 March 24. Athens. Greece. To "his
excellency the President of USA, Hon. Abraham Lincoln. 3 pages. 12 mo.
Presenting the volume to the President, with effusive praise and prayers. Probany 
not received by Lincoln, owing to his death, but preserved by and passed along
through the Lincoln family. And with Thayer, William M. Autograph letter signed.
1865 Nov 21. Franklin, Mass. To Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. 1 1I2 pages. 8vo.
Forwarding the volume and Constantine's letter, "written as you will see, two weeks
before his {the President'slgeath 

 

 

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[Artifact]

An American cast-iron measuring scales used in the Corneau-Diller drugstore,
Spring?eld.

This scale was part of the original equipment in use during the period when
Abraham Lincoln was a frequent customer at the Corneau-Diller drugstore. Circa
1840 1860. 13 3/4 

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[Artifact]
'Folk art effigy doll of Abra ham Lincoln in long frock coat.

With real hair, pencil and watercolor on paper facial features. American, mid 19th.
C. 10 in. in height. Appeared in the exhibitions "Last Best Hope of Earth" and
l'Blood on the Moon." 

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[Artifact]
Paper lantern used for the 1864 Lincoln presidential campaign.

Used in Spring?eld; from Henry Remann's porch. Included in the "The Last Best
Hope of Earth" exhibition at the Huntington Library and the Chicago Historical
Societv.


[Badges]
Two ferrotype campaign badges for Abraham Lincoln.

_Qne from_1860, with picture of Hamlin on v_ers_o; other from 1864.



 

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[Artifacts]
A collection of seventeen campaign torches.

These were used in the presidential campaigns of Abraham Lincoln as well as those
_of others datin_Q__to the 1870?s and 1880's.

 

Take a metal container about the size of a soup can. drill a hole in the top, stuff a
cloth wick into it. pour about a pint of coal oil or low-grade kerosene into the
container, stick it on a pole about the size of a broomstick. and you have the
makings of a homemade political campaign torch to light your way. Of course. since
the beginning of time we have used torches to light our way. Think of the Statue of
Liberty embedded in Ellis Island in New York harbor. 0r think of the Olympic torch
which is run around the worid every four years since the ancient Greeks dreamed up
the sporting idea. The ?rst American campaign torch came into use in about 1837.
was perfected during the Lincoln administration, and reached its apogee in the
1880's during Benjamin Harrison's presidential campaign. A gathering of these
torches was carefully put together by a couple and offered for sale in 1993. Louise
and Barry Taper were smart enough to buy it.

 

 

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a) 1860. Campaign torch. Improved model with revolving and oscillating frame.
Collins 2. variant.

b) circa 1860. Single swing ?at strap torch. Painted: "Lincoln. Hamlin.?
Exhibited in the "The Last Best Hope of Earth" at the Huntington Library in California
and the Chicago Historical Society.

c) 1860/ 1864. Eagle with two burners. One of the great rarities in political
campaign torches. Large all brass eagle (about 9 inches wide 10 inches high).
Made in two stamped brass sections with large hollow center section and a small
brass oil lamp inset at the top of each hollow wing. The Lincoln I Hamlin torch and
the eagle torch were both thought to have been prepared for the marching
organization called the ?Wide-Awakes," who paraded at night during the 1860 I 1864'
campaigns carrying torches, colored lanterns, banners, ?ags and transparencies,
much in the same way as ?oats are used today. The ?rst Wide-Awake club was
nmanizedin Hartford 3rd- 

 

d) 7877. Two-burner tin torch. Collins 26, varia?nt. 
e) 1877. Two-bumer large tin torch. Collins 26, variant.

f) 1880. Ri?e torch. Variant. Sometimes. a more definite shape resembling that
of a common musket was substituted for the bearing staff. By having such a device,
the parader could conveniently execute the usual manual of arms without toppling
the burning torch. Torches of this nature were sold consistently throughout the
1880's and appeared in sales catalogues for that period.

9) 1880. Ballot box torch. Collins 29. The torch is composed of upper and
lower metal plates joined by four posts. making a skeleton frame similar to the globe
of a ballot box. The wick tube rises from the upper portion of the globe and extends
above the Upper plate, occupying the relative position of the slot into which ballots
Weber: ma?a??lm 

 

 



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h) 1884. Combined torch, battle ax and ri?e. Collins 36, variant. The
combined torch and battle ax ?rst appeared in 1884. The ax is made of two plates
soldered to each other at their front and back rear edges and provided with sockets
to receive the staff. The torch is soldered to the upper socket.

i) May, 1885. Helmet torch. With metal eagle on front soldered to the face of
the helmet. Almost unknown among torch variants. Sometimes a rubber tube
passed from the torch as a chinstrap and into the mouth. By blowing into this tube,
the parader could produce a large ?ash: thus, this device became known as the
"helmet ?ash torch.? Our only evidence of their existence is in contemporary
illustrations of the period. Other than the present helmet torch, no example has ever
been found.

j) circa 1888. Dome reversible torch on ri?e. Collins 67, variant.

k) 1888. Benjamin Harrison hat torch.

 

I) 1888. Portrait torch with Benjamin Harrison on one side and Levi Morton on
the other.

m) 1889. Double swing torch. Collins 81.

n) n.d. Single swing torch. Collins 66.

o) n.d. Single swing torch. Collins 66.

p) n.d. Single swing torch. Collins 66.
?Wounao?on

 

 

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[Watch]
IA pocket watch of the A. Lincoln pattern.

Made by the Illinois Watch Company, ca. 1878 or later. Saleman's sample.
Offered with
Painting of Lincoln.

 

 

 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
 [Chromolithograph]
Prang. Louis. ?The Boyhood of Lincoln."


Boston, 1868. Chromolithograph print of Lincoln reading a book by candlelight. 22
x33 in._ F?mqi A ra?image-  

 

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ABRAHAM

[[Painting]

8Lazis. New?ilem.

Ll?cm?mxe?AiTAM? 
[Painting]
Prior. William Matthew (1806 - 1873). Portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

 

Reverse painting on glass. measuring 25 19 in., framed. Based on a Brady 
portrait taken Feb 9. 1864. See Lincoln Lore, Sept 1966 (no. 1543) with a census of 
1hi_s 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Engraving] 
Ritchie, Alexander Hay. ?The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation I
before the Cablnet.?I 

no place. 1865. Steel engraving, measuring 4 3/4 5 112 in. Probably a piracy of
therain?nprf-i CarEnE-r dang in @641: .. 
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Engraving]

Buttre, John Chester. "President and Cabinet."

New York, 1862. Steel engraving, measuring 10 7 in. Depicts Lincoln and his ?rst I
cabinet. 
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Engraving]

Buttre, John Chester. ?President and Cabinet.?

New York. 1865. Steel engraving. measuring 10 7 in. Depicts Lincoln and his
.second Cabinet.

LINCOLN, 
[Lithograph]
Currier 8: lves. "The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track."

Lithograph. New York. Currier 8: Ives, 1864. 1 page. Oblong folio. 11 1l4 15 in.
fra_med.

 

 

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[Engraving]
"Abraham Lincoln."

Engraved portrait. Boston: L. Prang 8. 09., (18303). 3_7/8 5 2 3/4 E.

1.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Engravings]
A group of nine engraved and lithographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln.

Various places and dates.

 

ABRAHAM
l[Lithograph]
Oval lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

No place no date. 7 1/2 3 1/2 in.. original giltwood frame. Based on a Gardner I
photograph (Osten_dorf 0:77).



LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Lithograph]
Lithographic portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

14 12 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Engraving]
Nelke, Louis. Portrait of Lincoln.

After a photograph by J. Gurney. Chicago: Burbank, (1864 - 1 page. Folio. 21
3/4 17 1/2 in. 

 

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7.
ABRAHAM 
[Engraving]

Sartain, Samuel. "Abraham Lincoln."

 

Kalamazoo, ML: Rice Allen. 1864. Steel engraving. measuring 14 114 10 1/2 in..
matte_d._ 

LIN'c'o?u, ABRAHAM
[Engraving ll
Sartain, John. ?Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States." 

Steel engraving after a portrait by ED. Marchant. Philadelphia: Bradley Co.,
1864, _18 ?2_x_14 in. 5

 

LINCOLN-ABRAHAM
[Drawing]
Writer, Herbert. Pencil portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

?i9ned bx thgariiezt- _6 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Lithographs]

Ostendorf. Lloyd. Two lithographs of Abraham Lincoln.

 

One is signed by Ostendorf on a small slip. Each measures 12 10 in.. framed.
Depic?ng Linco _n as_ a vgung man _agd Lincoln as p_re?ident.

 

 

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LINCOLN, 
[Engraving] .
Hall, H.B. Council of War in 

New York: Perrine, (1885'?) Steel engraving, measurjng 14 fr_am_ed. 
LINCOLN. ABRAHAM

I [Lithograph]

Sadery, Gary. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

Done in 1987 and signed in pencil by the artist. Measures 24 20 in.. framed.
Based on Gardner?s famed "roving eye" photograph, originally done in 1863.
'Ostendorf. 0-77.

.
[Engraving] 
Bates, Isaac. Abraham Lincoln?s Earewell Address to his Old Neighbors. I

 

Chicago: Western B.H. Engraving Co., circa 1861. 4 2 112 inches. Elaborate
engraved text. yvith viggette pc?raitofgncoln;

LINCOLN HOME: 
[Lithograph]
Skelly, J.P. Home of Abraham Lincoln. Springfield, II.

From a Photograph taken in 1861. (Philadelphia): J.P. Skelly, 1865. Color I
lithograph, measuring 18_x 2_2 irl, framgi, 

 

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[Photograph]
Jackson. Calvin. "Abraham Lincoln."

Cabinet size photograph of Abraham Lincoln. Hannibal, Mo.: circa 1860. 5 1I4 5
314 in, notincluding bo_rders_. N?ungl on card. 9ste_ndorf, 9-10. _Rare.

 

uh 


a[Photog raph]
Miniature portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln. 

 


Taken by an anonymous photographer. (Peoria, IL. ca. 1858?) 1 1I2 2 in.. incl I

mount. Possibly derived from Ostendorf. 0-14, by R. Cole. Appeared in the
e_xhitmm "Last Best H_opegf Earth" at the Chicago l?sto?cal ?ociety, 

?a?uim.
[Stereograph]
"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States."

After a photograph by Brady. Stereographic card with portraits of Abraham Lincoln.
Published by E. and HT. Anthony, New York, 1864. 3 1I4 6 114 in. "American 
.Fgeigrl 2969-" 


[Carte-de-visite]
Berger, Anthony. Lincoln."

 

 Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln. Taken in Washington,
'1864? Published by M. O'Brien, Chicago. 4 2 3/8 in. Ostendorf, 0?91 (retouched
version);

 

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LINCOLN, 
[Carte-de-visite]
Black, photographer. Cane-de?visite portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln.

Boston Tilton Co.. 3 9/16} 2 1/4 i_n. Qstendorf 0?120.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
[Photograph]
Photograph of Gutzon Borglum?s sculpture of Abraham Lincoln seated on a bench.

New York: Prang. 1912. 22 24 in., framed. Huge printed facsimile signature of
Borglum at lower right.

LINCOLN-BERRY STORE, NEW 
[Photograph]
Photograph of the Lincoln-Berry Store at New Salem.

Part of a 1943 calendar for Spring?eld Clay Products Co. Measures 8 12 
ma_tted.

 



 

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LINCOLN SQUARE, SPRINGFIELD.
[Photographs]
Lincoln Square, downtown Spring?eld.

Three oversized original photographs of Lincoln Square in downtown Spring?eld.
circa 1850's. One measures 16 20 in. the other two are 18 3/4 14 1/2 in. I
_F_ramed behind barri_er board. 
LINCOLN HOME, SPRINGFIELD

[Photographs]

Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's Home, Spring?eld.

Two original sepia photographs of the Lincolns' home. One showing the home in 
1865; the other in 1883.

ABRAHAM g? 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Sculpture]
Hadley. S. Bust of Abraham Lincoln.

Bisque on tu_rned_marble base. 16 _in. Signed on backg"Hadley 

 

 

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ILINCOLN, ABRAHAM
'[Sculpture]
Manship, Paul. Abraham Lincoln: Hoosier Youth.

Bronze, with green patina. 18 in. Inscribed: "Abraham Lincoln. the Hoosier
'iYouth." Manufactured at the Bruno_Bea_izi?ou?dry. Flore_nc&, lt_aly._ 
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Sculpture]

Milmore, Martin. Abraham Lincoln President USA.

Reconstituted marble on a parian porcelain base. Bust signed Milmore,
sculpt.? Only three casts of this sculpture are known (see Holzer and Ostendorf.
"Sculptures of Abraham Lincoln from Life." A_ntigI?s. Feb 1978.) 13 3I4 in. (height
of bust); _10 1/4 base).

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Sculpture]
Rogers, John. The Council of War. 

Inscribed "Patented March 31 1868" (on the base). Bronzed plaster. 24 112 

18 17in. This sculpture belonged to Robert Todd Lincoln who had taken the
piece to an establishment on Wabash Ave. in Chicago where he had it bronze-
coated. He felt it was the most accurate representation of his father. This sculpture
sat beside his desk at Hildene for many years. Appeared in the exhibition "Last Best;
Hope of Earth." 

 



 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Sculpture]

Tolpo. Lily. Frgepogtfs Lincoln and Douglas in Debate. I

Signed and dated "Lily Tolpo 1990" on reverse. Bronze, with dark brown patina. 11 l.
in. x__7 1/2 x_9_1_12 in. 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Sculpture]

Volk, Leonard Wells. A marble sculpture of Abraham Lincoln's right hand. 
Rome, 1869. Polished white marble. 6 1/2 in. There is no other known example'
in marble of this sculpture. Appeared in the exhibitions "Last Best Hope of Earth" 
and the "Core Exhibition" _a_t the Skirbajl cultural _Cen_ter._

LINCOLN. ABRAHAM
[Sculpture]
Artist unknown. Life mask of Abraham Lincoln.

Bronze. with brown patina. 9 7 1/2 7 in. Bocchetta, Victor. After Clark Mills.
Lincoln life mask. Bronze. ..

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Sculpture]
Artist unknown. Abraham Lincoln breaking the shackles of a slave.

Bronze, with brown patina?h in_cl. base) 9 9 in.

 

 

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ADDRESS 
[Sculpture] I
Brenner, Victor. "Lincoln and the Address."

Bronze. 21 3/4 28 3/4 in._ 

. .. 

 

_1

 


i MATERIAL I
l- 
LN, ABRAHAM.
Illinois House of Representatives. Public Lands in Illinois.

- 

January 17. 1839. 4 pages. 8vo. Disbound in half blue morocco slipcase. An I
early report by Lincoln as_a me_rnbe_r of the 

 




 [Newspaper]
The Log Cabin. 1840 July 11.

4 pages; of the_ political s_ituation.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 

Illinois Legislature. liagorts from the Joint Select Committee to inguire into the
condition of the State bank of Illinois.

 

Spring?eld Walters. 1840. 8vo. Disbound in quarter blue morocco slipcase.
Monaghgw . 

 

 

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[Newspaper]
The Log Cabin. 1841 July 24.

Alpages. Folio. Woodcut vignette. News of the political situation.

 


[Newspaper]
The Congressional Globe. 1848 May 16.

 

Washington, DC. 16 pages. 4to. Containing two references to Lincoln's activities
tile fiLst iLmion?oriLtedmtices concemingjjim. 



?Qeech of Mr. Lincoln of Illinois on the Reference of the President's Mes_sgge in the
House of Representatives.

 

 

 

Washington: Gideon, 1848. 14pp. 8vo. Disbound in folding cloth case.
migghan. 4.

. 

 


U.S. Senate. Renort 01319 Commissioner 9_f_ Eatents for the vear 1849. Part I. Arts
and Manufactures.

 

Washington, 1850. 8vo. Bound in black morocco-backed boards. Page 96 with a
listing for Lincoln's patent 6469) for a method of lifting vessels over shoals. And 
pgge_262_with Lincoln's brief description of his invention.



 

 

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[Newspaper]
The Boston Daily Atlas. 1851 Nov 10.

4 pages. Large folio. News on the election of 1851.

 


[Handbill]
Republican Convention. ?Chicago Convention 1860 May 18.

 

nPekin, Illinois. 1page. 12mo. Brief announcement of Lincoln's nomination for
President by the Chicago Convention.


[Newspaper]
lThe Rail Splitter. 1860 Aug 8 Oct 10.

9 issues (it 2 8-11). Each is 4 pages. Folio. Woodcut vignette of Lincoln in
masthead. Important pro-Lincoln newspaper of which only 13 issues were
published.


[Newspaper]
The World. 1860 Dec 4.

8 pages. Folio. Page 8 contains a "proposal to defeat Lincoln in the Electoral
Colleges."

 

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[Broadside]
Lincoln and Liberty! Tract, No. 7, New York, July 31st, 1860".

4 pages. 8vo. Published by the Young Men's Republican Union in support of 
Lincoln's candidw. Rare. Monaghan. DE. 62 - 65 (this issue nt?isteg) 


[Sheet music]
Neuman. A. "The Rail Splitter?s Polka.? 1860.

Boston Ditson. 4 pages. Folio. Title with dedication to "The Republican
Presidential 


U.S. Senate. Special Session. Ex. Doc. No. 1. lnauoural Address of the President I
of the United State_s.

 

[March 4. 1861; printed on March Washington, 1861. 10 pages. 8vo. Disbound
in _1 I4 blue mogcgo slipcase. Monagh?d 02.




LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 
[Broadside] 
"By His Excellency Abraham Proclamation for a Day of Humiliation.
Fasting. and Prayer". 1861 Aug 12.

Washington. 1 page. Folio.

Framed back to back with another document 
ANDREW. JOHN A. (Governor of Massachusetts).
Proclamati?. 1861 Sept 16.

1 Dane. Folio.

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Broadside]
Spencer, James B. "The President's Message." circa 1862.

Philadelphia. 1 page. 4to. Printed borders in two columns.

[Newspaper]

?ue Press. 1863 Jan 2.

Philadelphia. 4 pages. Folio. Containing text of Lincoln's Emancipation
Protiamatign. whighhag just ggne into effect. on page two. 
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.

[Broadside]

"By the President of the United Proclamation [Emancipation]." 1863
circa Jan 3.

Washington. 0.0. 1 page. Folio. Official State Department folio printed on first
page of four page folded sheet (other three pages blank). The ?rst obtainable
printing of the final Emancipation ProclamationI preceded only by a newspaper
printing and small-format broadside. both known in a single copy only. Eberstadt, 
10.

LINCOLN-ABRAHAM.
Everett. Edward. An Oration Delivered on the Battlefield of 

New York: Baker 8: Godwin, 1863. 48pp. 8vo. Disbound :in 1/4 blue morocco
slipcase. Woodcut plan of the cemetery is on page 32 text of Lincoln's address on
.

 

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LINCOLN, 
[Engraving]
Miniature engraving of ?Proclamation of Emancipation."

Within decora_ti_ve borders. No_place no date._4 112 _x_3 in.

LINco?u, ABEAHAM. 
[Broadside]
Emancipation Proclamation.

Chicago: Edward Mendel. 1863. Lithograph broadside, measuring 20 32 in.
Published to raise money for a residence for disabled soldiers in Chicago.
- horizontal versionL listing _only_ ?ve_ kn_own copies.

LINCOLN. ABRAHAM
[Lithograph -- EMANCIPATION 
"Proclamation of Emancipation."

Boston: 83. Russell 8. Co.. lithography by J. Mayer 8. Co.. 1865. Lithographic
broadside. measuring 24 18 in. Incorporating vignettes of places, persons and
Lincoln. Signed in facsimile by Lincoln and Seward. Eberstadt. 44. listing six known
copies.

 

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[Broadside -- POMEROY 
Pomeroy, 3.0. The "Pomeroy Circular."

Printed broadside. signed by Pomeroy. Chairman of the National Executlve 
Committee, and marked "Private." Washington, February 1864. 1 page. 4to. Fine
condition. One of a very small number printed for distribution to in?uential 
Republicans in an effort to have Salmon P. Chase supplant Lincoln as candidate for .
.President in the 1864? election. Very rare.


[Newspaper]
["Father Abraham." 1864 Oct 25.

Reading, 4 pages. Folio. Newspaper published in support of
Lincoln's 1864 candidacy.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 
[Broadside]

"General Orders A Proclamation [calling for 300,000 Volunteers.]? 1864
Dec 21.

2 pages. 8vo. -


[Sheet music]
"Emancipation. Song and Chorus." 1864.

 

 

Boston Ditson, 1864. 4 pages. Folio. "Dedicated to alLLovegs of freedom."
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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 
[Broadside]
Republican Party. "National Union Ticket." 1864.

I
no place. 1 page. 12mo. Small handbill listing Republican candidates from Lincoln 
to local Califor_nia_ representatives.

 

 

 

Enrico?LN". ABRAHAM
[Song sheets]
Two printed song sheets.

"Abe Lincoln's Union Wagon," Philadelphia, 1864.
And with "The Nation Mourns." 1865.

agatq nigh generaE- 
ABizTuixMT 
"Inaugural Address March 4 1865."

Washington, 0.0. 4 pages. 8vo. Text within double-rule border. Disbound, housed
in a full blue morocco easel-style display case. The ?rst printing of Lincoln's
celebrated second Inaugural Address. Monaghan, Lincoln Bibliography. 600.
Exceedingly rare. One of only four or five recorded copies.

 

. .- 

 

[mam 
[Invitation]
"National Inauguration Ball. March 4th 1865."

 

Washington. DC. Engraved by Dempsey and O'Toole. 1 page. 4to. No name


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ABRAHAM.
[Newspaper]
The Salem Observer. 1865 Mar 11.

ISaiem, Mass. 4 pages. Folio. Containing a report of Lincoln's second inauguration.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
[Broadside]
?President Lincoln's Favorite Poem." circa 1865.

Philadelphia AVE. Auner. 1_ page. N_arr9v18vo. Woodcut emble_m at_ top.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
[Broadside] "The Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln."

Boston: James Osgood. 1872. 1 page. Large folio. Lithographic broadside
regroducing ten of automograghigal. mates;

 

 

 

 

 

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.
[Envelopes]
Philatelic collection relating to Abraham Lincoln.

Collection of thirty-one postal envelopes, primarily dating from Lincoln's political
campaign of 1860. Philatelic items have taken a sharp rise in the market in recent
years. Among them, the most desirable are covers that have actually passed
through the mail. The elements that contribute most prominently to value are
subject, design, color, detail, presentation. postal usage. scarcity and condition.
Individual values of the thirty-one envelopes gathered here. substantially from
Lincoln's political campaign in 1860, range from $100 to $1250. Accordingly, the
as indicated.

 

 

LINCOLN, 
Hickey collection of printed material.

Consisting of several hundred items, compiled over the entire span of a career
devoted to the study of Lincoln. The mammoth Lincoln collection consists of 
printed speeches Illinois Congressional reports printed Supreme Court cases 
legislative bills Executive Committee reports Treasury receipts trade regulations 
Congressional directories military general orders campaign documents.
publications, ribbons 8. cards Presidential election guides political tickets 
correspondence; telegrams calling cards pamphlets broadsides contemporary
newspapers song sheets sheet music iconography funeral train time tables,
obsequies 8: orders of procession and eulogistic services.

Subjects range from canal claims public lands Lincoln's character political
campaigns political speeches conventions Executive Mansion emancipation 
Lincoln's funeral and tomb development and Johnson's impeachment.

 

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I 

i?iglLI?ights a?nd rari-ties include -

 

ibe tlje only known conv_._

 

 


.1832 July 7. Neale.T.M. ?To the Voters of Sangamon County." Broadside. May 
I

Jan?1.7. 'L?zaln, Abraham. "Public Lands in 

 

 

~1840 Jan 21. Lincol?bra?arn. "R?rts'fro?m Joint Comrnilt?ee." Spring?eld. 
ancerns state banks. 

 

l848?J5n 14. LincoerAbraliaTn. "Spee?ch of Ian-Lincomf A?jrnerE
Ifgvoring t_he :spgresolutions."

 

Hall?BM; 9. Emmy. Ely-rehem. Report; HR, 13?th Qon?rese. 1st se:ssion._

'1343 June 20. Lincoln, ABraEm. and DiBIBmzitic? 
Appropriation Bill:

 

1% July2?1. Lincm. Ab'rena?m. "Sp-eech re?ardin?ieneral :l'eylorend the-vac."



?1841: 1?LCong?rgseibnal0ire?a?. Spth?Congregs. 
?1849 Mar?7. ?rst base before?the 
Supreme Court.

x1854. [LinTolm Abraham]. reggrding investigat'io_n of cine?l."
Spring?eld. 

[[Bz?otsj??i - 1864. ?olleclipn? of'45 smallErgadeiat?Jnion tiekets._

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1858. Lincoln, AEaham; ?Hi?s Doctrine." _Chicago. C?ensed form of Lincoln's
sgeeches and Emcee?dings. of his supporters._ 
1860 May. NatiorEl Rebublian Convention. Broadside address'To the Delegates 
of the National Bepubljcan @nvention_."



1860 lVlay 16. Na_tional Rep?ublican Carentionjmadside ?roll? of the?National 
Begublica_n Conventi_on. Chicago. . 
Emancipation." Eberstadt. #15. One I
of only a handful of copies.  
1863 May 8. Lincoln. Abraham. Proclamation'rthatT'no olea of alienage \Tvill 

to exempt" from military duty anyone wishing to become a US citizen." 
washington, 

IRibbons] ca. 1864. Two _silk ritibons with quotes and image of Lincoln. French.

[Ribtlonl pg?er riSboE Privy?tediw co_lOr._

{Menu} 1865 Mar 6.TBill?of far?e for President Lincoln?s Inaugural Ball."?
Washington. QC. 
circa. 1865. General Orders. Department of the Gul?nd Northern Division of
Louisiana. #5 14. 38, 48, 66, 67, 69, 72. Broadsides.

 

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[Lincoln assassination] 1865 Apr 15. Illinois StateJoumal Extra. Broadside. Re
assassination of President Lincoln. Only known copy.

[Lincoln funeral] 1865 Apr15. "Public meeting." Spring?eld. Broadside.

[Lincoln funeral] 1865 A9r16, 6:00am. ll?noisitatedgurnal Extra.

[Lincoln funeral] 1865 Apr 19. Pass for South. Executive Mansion. Washington. -
D.C.

[Lincoln funera_I]_ 1865 Apr 22. Eulogisticsenrices. _Cnicago._ Bryan j-lall.

[Lincoln funeral] 1865 May ?Obsequi?es of President Lincoln." S?g?eld.
Broadside. 
[Lincoln funeral] Timetables for the Lincoln fune?ral train. The only knov?vn_complete_
set.

[Lincoln tomb] 1874 Oct 15. Oglesby, ~Richard J. ?DEdication of Lincoln's 

wlA?us'cmP'r?s?

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