Nov 14, 2024 - Sale 2686

Sale 2686 - Lot 91

Price Realized: $ 7,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Autograph Endorsement Signed, "A. Lincoln," as President: "Submitted to the Sec. of War--Judge [David?] Davis says the candidate is an excellent man." Written on a sheet that was likely once attached to a letter from the unnamed candidate. ½ page, 4to; remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, folds. [Washington], 28 March 1864

Additional Details

With--"In Memory of our President. Lincoln." Silk mourning ribbon. 8x2¼ inches. Circa 1865 • Fragment of Commercial Advertiser newspaper announcing the assassination of President Lincoln. 8½x5 inches. 15 April 1865.