(ABRAHAM LINCOLN) Collection of autographs by some of those

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(ABRAHAM LINCOLN.) Collection of autographs by some of those select few who were at Lincoln's deathbed. 32 items in one binder; condition varies. Various places, 1864-1900

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This collection includes the autographs of 16 men who are known to have visited Lincoln in his dying hours. They include son Robert Todd Lincoln (on an 1882 commission, accompanied by two cartes-de-visite); cabinet members William Dennison, Hugh McCullough, Edwin Stanton, and Gideon Welles; politicians Schuyler Colfax, Charles A. Dana, Benjamin B. French, William T. Otto, Charles Sumner, and John F. Farnsworth; medical personnel Joseph K. Barnes and Charles H. Crane; and military personnel Colonel Louis Pelouze, Corporal James Tanner (2), and General Thomas M. Vincent. A commission issued to Brigadier General Henry Frink bears the stamped signatures of Vice President Andrew Johnson and Edwin Stanton, who both attended; it is accompanied by 4 related Frink military documents. The Dennison signature is on a commission to Cornelius White, and is accompanied by 2 related White documents. The French signature is on an interesting petition recommending a new Justice of the Peace for the District of Columbia, signed on 27 June 1864 by 15 supporters including Senators William Sprague, Henry S. Lane, Solomon Foot, and Lyman Trumbull (who were not deathbed attendees). Also present only in printed or stamped signatures are attendees John Hay, Maunsell Field, General Montgomery Meigs, and Colonel George V. Rutherford.