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DANCE CARD FOR LINCOLN'S INAUGURAL BALL (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Union Ball, in Honor of the Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. Printed dance program card. 4 pages, 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, with ribbon through upper corner (apparently as issued); lacking most of the die-cut decorative border, faint adhesives stains at edges; signature of an attendee on rear panel. Washington, DC: Philp & Solomons, 4 March 1861
These cards were issued to the guests at Lincoln's inaugural ball. The programme on the second page lists each of the 23 planned dances as performed by L.F. Weber's band, and the third page offers space for the bearer to write in their partner for each dance. The rear cover panel has Lincoln and Hamlin's names around an illustration of a bald eagle, captioned "The Constitution." The original owner, James W. Bingham, was son of Senator Kinsley Bingham of Michigan, and died in the Civil War in 1862. No copies in WorldCat.
