Mar 10, 2020 - Sale 2533

Sale 2533 - Lot 141

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Our President is Dead: Measures and Tokens in Memory of His Excellency Abraham Lincoln. Illustrated broadside, 16 x 3 1/2 inches; minor toning and wear, 2 small holes in text area. [Mifflintown, PA], 17 April [1865]

Additional Details

A description of the commemoration planned in honor of Lincoln: mourning slips to drape the homes of the residents, and eulogies to be delivered on the 19th, with tolling bells and a suspension of business. The members of the event's committee all seem to have been residents of Mifflintown, PA in central Pennsylvania, as well as its president, Colonel John James Patterson. None in OCLC; one other example traced at auction.