May 22, 2014 - Sale 2351

Sale 2351 - Lot 137

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Partly-printed Document Signed, "A. Lincoln," as President, commission appointing Henry Boernstein Consul for the Port of Bremen. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. 14x18 inches; moderate embrittling to edges and lower fold, nearly complete separation at vertical center fold, small hole near center at fold intersection with some loss to text inexpertly repaired verso, some chipping at side edges, bold signature. Washington, 7 August 1861