Nov 29, 2001 - Sale 1916

Sale 1916 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 6,210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE IMPRINT.) To the People of Maryland * Proclamation To the People of Maryland. Together, 2 Confederate broadsides. The first signed in print by Robert E. Lee, approximately 180x255 mm; with contemporary accounting notations mostly removed. The second signed in print by Bradley T. Johnson, approximately 210x145 mm. Each mounted to the inside of a folded 4to sheet, inscribed on the first page by Brantz Mayer, indicating provenance and detailing his restoration process. P&W 1237; 1238 (variant).<\t>Frederick, MD, 8 September 1862

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Each a call to arms to the people of Maryland to join the Confederates after the Army of Northern Virginia had captured and occupied Frederick.<