Price: $3,850.00

Chamberlain here identifies a book from his library. At this time, he had already graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and was completing courses at the Bangor Theological Seminary. He had yet to make his mark on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg nine years later.

A desirable book from his library; v.g. w/ lt. sp. sunning.

	Price: $1,250.00

A provision return for Capt. Wm. D. Brown’s light artillery company, Early’s Brig. Walker was colonel of brigade. The return covered Nov. 21 – Nov. 25, 1862 , and accounted for 430 rations of fresh beef, flour and salt, for a company of 86 men. Logistics are the key to military operations, and here is an important instrument for the operation of General Lee’s army.

Lt. fox; usual toning; else clean and strong. Walker signs boldly in ink; rest in pencil.

	Price: $1,500.00

In this broadside the “Women of Maryland,” meaning the Secessionist leaning women of Maryland, appeal to Winfield Scott to stop the war before it fully begins. They call the pacifist mission of women “holy work,” and they seem to hope that Scott will refuse his duty of commanding the Union armies. They call out various Confederate leaders by name for worshipful praise, including Lee, Beauregard, and Davis.

This is a compelling piece of propaganda, drawn up by southern women in the desperate hope of stopping the war, just two weeks before First Bull Run changed everything.

Lt. fox w/ lt. folds.; horiz. and vert. folds lightly mar text; old tape repair on the verso; else v.g.

	Price: $475.00

Documents include 1) ALs to R. G. Noell from Wash. Hartsfield, Thomaston, AL, 16 April, 1858; 1p., Hartsfield asks Noell for information relating to resolution of a debt he owes “the Richardson boys” ; 2) Doc appointing Floyd Hosea as overseer of a section of the Wedowee Road, and directing him to apply to Noell, among others, for “hands” ;Cleburne Co., AL, 11 July, 1867; signed A. D. Chandler, Judge of Probate, 1p.; 3) Noell’s “Oath of Allegience” to the United States, partially printed doc, accomplished September 13th, 1865, and sworn before 1st Lt. Eliakim Chase of the 2nd N.Y. Vet. Cav., Noell and Chase signing.

All docs usual wear and toning, but clean & readable; lt. show-through on oath mars some printing; else very good.

	Price: $375.00

Fales discusses service on the barrier islands with the newly arrived army of W. T. Sherman. He includes an account of an artillery attack on an enemy camp, plus, most notably, Sherman ’s expulsion of all newspapers’ correspondents from the camp with the exception of Frank Leslie. He also writes about government seizures of property that was sent to New York for auction.

Usual toning and fold lines, but clean; second leaf clipped to approx 2” ; else very good.

	Price: $6,850.00

Very good w/ fine clarity and tonality; sm. scrapes above and away from image. This would make a most interesting framed display.

	Price: $3,250.00

The signature has been framed by a hand drawn rectangular inked line and crossed Confederate flags – a First National flag and the St. Andrews Cross battle flag.Executed in ink and watercolor (red and blue, with brown and bronze staffs).

A striking display piece, all the more intriguing because the artwork most probably was accomplished by Davis’s daughter Varina Anne, who is known to have painted similar items. Born in the Confederate White House, the “First Daughter of the Confederacy,” Varina Anne, wrote several novels before her death in 1898 at age 34.

Clean, with some overall toning, but of very fine appearance.

	Price: $1,850.00

This very scarce cdv shows Lewis Downing as Lieutenant colonel of the 3rd Indian Home Guard regiment. Downing played a significant role in the history of the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War. As a protégé of Chief John Ross Downing helped organize Stand Waitie’s 1st Cherokee Rifles for the Confederacy during Ross’ period of grudging alliance with the South. In July of 1862 Downing, along with fully half of Watie’s regiment defected to the Union, and helped form the Union 3rd Indian Home Guard. After the war Downing succeeded Ross as the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

A clean cdv; very lt. chip., with the Gutekunst back mark.

	Price: $1,100.00

An important directive, written on the very day that Halleck’s troops moved into the important transportation hub of Corinth , Miss. , following a month-long siege, and its evacuation by Beauregard’s rebel army. Halleck states: “I do not wish Corinth occupied in force at present. Genl. Pope will withdraw… & occupy the high ground to the south east…Genl. Buell will have a cavalry force in Corinth & occupy the enemy’s entrenchments with one division… Genl. Thomas’s forces except his cavalry will fall back to the enemy’s entrenchments & hold the…road to Russells & with Genl. McClernand’s reserve…be prepared for any movement of the enemy on our right…Scouts & reconnoitering parties will move on the roads leading out of Corinth to…watch the enemy’s movements. Genl. Pope with his reinforcements from the right wing will proceed to feel the enemy on the left.”

Contemporary ink docket overleaf; some faint discoloration; paper a bit cockled; left and bottom margins irregular, with remnants at left of binding stub from a letterbook

	Price: $3,250.00

The portion of the document remaining reads, “Approved: The stores within condemned will be deposed of as recommended by the Inspector,” which Hill boldly signs in his usual “squished” hand.

Handsomely and archivally framed, with a heavily retouched cdv photo in uniform, under double matting and rule lines.

	Price: $3,500.00

A printed version of her poem is laid in, opposite on the inside front board. Autograph page is excellent, with edge toning only.

The book covers have some staining/rubbing; spine sunned; hinges cracked, but holding; small stains inside rear hinge; else clean throughout. There is no more famous hymn from the Civil War, and this line is probably the most memorable and distinguishable.

	Price: $24,500.00

"I must report that our governor and his aide failed to come and pay me a visit. Hope you will try it again. Much obliged for the arms. The insurgents who congregated along the Blue Ridge I am thankful to say have through God’s helping been pretty much disposed of. Only one of [them] was killed. Col. J. R. Jones of the 33rd. had charge of the expedition. // Very truly your friend / T. J. Jackson. // The enemy under Banks are still in front. Major Paxton will give you the news. / T.J.J."

The expedition described does not seem to appear in the O.R., and is not included in any major biography of Jackson. This evidence of “Stonewall’s” apparent participation in counter-insurgency operations in the Shenandoah Valley represents an intriguing and unknown chapter in his storied career. Colonel John R. Jones was an acting brigadier general at the time of writing. Later, at the battle of Chancellorsville, Jones left the field under suspicious circumstances, and was later cashiered for cowardice, the only one of Lee’s generals to end his career so disgracefully. Major James G. Paxton, the probably bearer of the note, served on Jackson’s staff. Chancellorsville treated Major Paxton roughly, as he lost his brother, General Elisha Paxton, and his commander, Jackson.

Framed with contemporary engraving, not examined out of frame, photograph is through the glass; much nicer in person!

	Price: Net...$2,850.00

Johnson asks Gideon Welles about an appointment to the “ Naval School ” for a fellow Tennessean: “…You will please inform me if there is a vacancy from the first Congressional District of Tennessee.”

V.g.; vert. fold.

	Price: $3,800.00

A fine, vivid, large-format view of some of William T. Sherman’s soldiers in the field near Kennesaw Mountain. Certainly taken by photographer George Barnard during his travels with Sherman’s armies, but not included in his published collection. The soldiers pictured look very “Confederate” as they are dressed down for hot weather campaigning. Only the corporal wears his regulation blue tunic. This card includes a hand drawn sketch of a mother and child on verso. A fascinating image of Sherman’s “bummers” on campaign, illustrating their unique anti-military self image.

Usual toning; light chipping at edges; light paste residue on rear of bottom.

	Price: $3,850.00

General Lee’s daughter inscribed this famous left profile portrait to Mrs. St. John Alison Lawton. Inscription reads in full, “General Robert E. Lee / of Virginia / C.S.A. / To dear Mrs. Lawton / from / his daughter, / Mary Custis Lee / partially obscured. Accompanying card identifies Lawton as President General of the U.D.C., in 1925.

A vivid image; v. lt. stain matte.

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	Price: $575.00

A friendly letter urging that Patrick assume governorship of soldier’s home. “(Gen. Wm. B.) Franklin requested that nothing...be said...until the matter assumed definite shape...(T)here is a strong possibility of your being offered...Dayton...the largest and most important and far excels any that I have seen in Europe...(T)here is an idea of...making you the inspector of all the homes...I assume you fulfill the necessary condition of being somewhat disabled, or...of having had your health affected by service in the Volunteers...” Patrick, an ex-Army officer, had joined McClellan’s staff at the outbreak of the Civil War as inspector of New York volunteers, and accepted a brigadiership at his behest. Patrick headed the Dayton, O. home until his death.

Last two pages penned vertically; slightly soiled fold through “B” of sig.’ mounting traces, but v.g.

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	Price: $5,500.00

In this remarkable, full letter, General Morgan appeals for the reconstitution of his famous brigade after his escape from an Ohio prison in the wake of the disastrous end to his great Indiana-Ohio raid.

From January through March, 1864, Morgan and his wife stayed in Richmond, while the general lobbied for the restoration of his command. Unlike Morgan’s adoring fans in the general public, President Davis and the Confederate high command were not at all pleased with his unauthorized raid above the Ohio River, and its bad end. Cooper was willing to place Morgan in command of Southwest Virginia (which was the raider’s first choice), but insisted that Morgan make do with the troops already stationed there. In this appeal, Morgan succinctly states a claim to his old regiments, providing thumbnail sketches of each command and stating why each regiment ought to be returned to his own command. In a passionate conclusion he writes, “It is for these Officers and Men, General, that I now make this appeal, we have fought together on many a hard field and have suffered the same privations, they are endeared to me by every tie which binds a Commanding Officer to his Men, and I am proud to know that the same attachment exists in their breasts for me…” Ultimately Morgan had to make do with the troops available, and his last raid into Kentucky ended in defeat at Cynthiana.This document, cited by James Ramage in Rebel Raider, has heretofore been accessible to historians only as a typescript at Kentucky Historical Society.

Remarkably clean, in a clerk’s hand, and signed by Morgan, on blue water-marked rag paper; usual folds but, no ch. or fox; cdv usual toning w/ lt. fox. A remarkable and historic document – this original unseen for generations.

	Price: $575.00

General Newton wrote this undated telegram to his superior, General William B. Franklin in late 1861, likely soon after his September 23 appointment as brigadier general. At the time, Newton was responsible for constructing fortifications around Washington.

He writes in full, “Genl Franklin / The Genl wishes me to stay yet awhile – don’t know whether I will be down to-day. Will telegraph.” The general detaining him in Washington is probably George McClellan. By December, Newton commanded a brigade in Franklin’s division.

A clean document, well presented in red, white and blue matte; CDV is presented in oval matte, featuring Newton’s head and torso, wearing the single star of brigadier general.

	Price: $1,850.00

A fascinating letter, written during the New York draft riots to the war governor of Wisconsin, relating to possible disturbances created by the impending enforcement of the conscription law (see O.R. Series 3, Vol. 3). Pope details a plan to bring veteran Wisconsin volunteers to Milwaukee under the guise of resting and recruiting the old regiments, but in reality to guard against civil resistance to the draft. Pope assures Salomon that “By the time the draft is ordered a sufficient force will be here to make resistance absurd and impossible.” In the event there were demonstrations in Milwaukee against the draft, resulting in over 100 arrests.

Boldly headed “Confidential”; lt. toning; very lt. ch. along right extremity, and at bottom of fold; two horiz. folds do not mar text; beginning to split at bottom of vert. fold; sl. smudges in his occasionally illegible hand, o/w bold/clean. Wonderful content.

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	Price:Net... $3,750.00

In this historically significant document (OR, Ser.1, Vol. 17, Part 1, p.120) General Price argues firmly that Van Dorn and his troops should cooperate in a movement from Tupelo into West Tennessee, while at the same time declining Van Dorn’s order/request that he reinforce General John C. Breckinridge’s attack on Baton Rouge.

Price argues that a movement into Tennessee complies with General Braxton Bragg’s wishes, and in his own inimitable style generously offers to place himself under his superior officer’s command provided Van Dorn carries out Price’s plan. The letter is one in a series in which Price, Van Dorn, and Bragg spar over competing strategies, while ultimately fumbling multiple opportunities to hurt their enemies. In the end, on the day after this letter was written, Breckinridge attacked alone and was defeated at Baton Rouge; soon after Price advanced upon Iuka alone and fell back after bloody fighting; and the cooperative movement of Van Dorn and Price, initiated far too late, ended in bloody and decisive defeat at Corinth.

A very clean document in a handsome and readable aide’s hand; strong signature with rank – excellent condition. A fascinating piece of the history of the War in the West.

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	Price:Net... $3,500.00

Printed on verso of a piece of wallpaper bearing an almost abstract stenciled design (in grays/ green/ blue) of horses and riders racing by marshy ground. Most of the paper’s 4 columns report late movements of the Army of Northern Virginia; other items quote a Chicago Tribune report that Gen. Sherman had a leg amputated; note Copperhead activity in Indiana which can’t “be very encouraging to old Abe”; and call Grant’s men “poor dolts” in discussing the failed attack and undermining of the city’s works a few days’ before. A very short item mentions Lincoln’s pardon of a “young ‘rebel’ named Compton, arrested as a spy,” and sentenced to hang at Fort Monroe; while a bit of defiant humor tells of a young lady in the city who had her bonnet and clothes destroyed by a Parrott shell and thus “‘had good grounds for demanding re-dress.’”

When Vicksburg fell a week later, Union troops occupied the Citizen office and printed their own wallpaper issue with a victory note. Only a handful of wallpaper issues were made; all are very rare.

Overall light staining, with a few larger, darker stains; considerable fold wear w/ tiny losses, affecting bits of text and the vertical gutter fold; neatly tissued on the design side, encapsulated, and double-glazed in a simple brown-wood frame w/ brass corners.

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	Price:Net... $19,500.00

Lincoln writes to Secretary of State William Seward that “Senator (Samuel) Pomeroy wishes Antonia Berchignani to be Sec. of Legation to Rome . Let it be so, unless you know some strong objection. / Yours truly / A. Lincoln.”

On a day the Cabinet met and Lincoln urged the secretaries of war and the navy to send Gen. Thomas Sherman off on an expedition that eventually took Port Royal , the President is still concerning himself with foreign consulates and legations. Pomeroy had been a Kansas Free-State advocate and U.S. Senator, aligned with the Radicals in opposition to Lincoln (he later promoted Samuel Chase for president in 1864). It is unlikely that this appointment was given to Pomeroy’s man.

The cdv has a rich tonality and bears a Brady backmark. The letter’s ink has lightened slightly, as the original iron gall solution had more water in it than usual; there’s a horizontal fold going through Lincoln’s sig; but the letter is easily readable and the whole is quite handsome.

	Price: $45,000.00

On December 7, 1862, Confederate cavalry raider John Hunt Morgan attacked an isolated Union garrison at Hartsville, TN, and captured the entire garrison of almost 2,000 soldiers. This minor embarrassment to National arms ended up causing Abraham Lincoln much trouble. A piqued president scolded his senior general, Henry W. Halleck, “What on earth an isolated Brigade was doing there I cannot conceive…” The Hartsville debacle turned up to annoy Lincoln again two weeks later, and he here writes: “Two Ohio regiments and one Illinois regiment were captured at Hartsville, have been paroled, and are not at Columbus Ohio. This brings the Ohio regiments substantially to their homes. I am strongly impressed with the belief that the Illinois regiment better be sent to Illinois, where it will be recruited and put in good condition, by the time they are exchanged, so as to re-enter the service. They did not misbehave, as I am satisfied; so they should receive no treatment, nor have anything withheld from them, by way of punishment.” (Basler, VI, 20). The 104 th Ill. Vol. Inf. was transferred on parole at Camp Douglas, Chicago. Read a more detailed description here.

	Price: SOLD

The print, intended for sale at Lincoln’s inauguration as president, has been cut down to the oval image of Lincoln , but retains all its color vibrancy.

The ink signature is clear and bold. See a close-up at the click-thru.

	Price:Net... $12,500.00

"I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of H. W. Pryor, James Pryor and W. L. Ringo.” The 1860 census identifies two of these Kentuckians: Ringo, a 38-year old merchant; and H. W. Pryor, a 51-year old "hogfeeder").

Students of Lincoln 's exercise of the pardoning power have noted "that Lincoln was sympathetic toward petitioners from Kentucky" as a way of strengthening Union sentiment in that crucial border state (Ruckman and Kincaid, Inside Lincoln's Clemency Decision Making).

A fine example with Lincoln 's full presidential signature.

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	Price: $10,500.00

Each signature is affixed to an original c-d-v album page holder, just below the c-d-v window opening, which feature a red boarder and stars. [Each page is 5 x 6-3/8 inches.] A period albumen c-d-v images of Abraham (vignetted O-92 by Berger, 9 February 1864 ) and Mary (ML-O-24, c1864) are placed in the page windows, set back for a feeling of depth.

Museum-grade mounting in a simple, but elegant period-looking black and gold frame; a gold filet surrounds the album pages, producing a frame within a frame. The whole creates a visually satisfying display. The ink signatures are each classic, clear, and bold. Much brighter is person; deeply framed so it is difficult to get a bright and clear photograph.

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	Price: $15,500.00

A military appointment for Francis E. Brownell as 1st Lt., 11th U.S. Infantry, effective 24 October 1861. Brownell, originally a private in Co. A of Ellsworth’s 11th New York “Fire Zouaves,” was awarded a Medal of Honor in 1877 for having killed James T. Jackson, Elmer Ellsworth’s assassin.

Ellsworth was almost like a son to Lincoln, and we can only imagine his thoughts as he signed this commission! In the wake of his chief’s martyrdom Brownell became a folk hero for the North, celebrated in verse and song:

“Then the fearless Brownell, when he saw his leader fall, He rushed up to the traitor, and through his brain he sent a ball; Then with his bayonet bright, he run him through and through, And vowed that was the way he’d treat the whole Secession crew.”

--- Wm. Sutherland, Assassination of Colonel Ellsworth (circa 1861).

Clean w/ usual folds that do not mar sigs.; lt. ch. across top of doc and on top of vert. fold; both signatures are clear. Scanned through a frame, it is brighter than it appears.

	Price: $6,250.00

A handsome example, dating to the time of Lincoln’s law partnership with William Herndon.

He writes: “Clerk will issue process in the above entitled cause in assumpsit – Damage $1500.00.” This praecipe (a directive to a court clerk) was accomplished on behalf of a client (“p.q.” = pro quorentum, “for the plaintiff”), and would have originally been attached to or been endorsed on a written complaint. Insignificant dust-soiling, handling marks at marg. extremities; writing strong and clear; ideal for framing.

	Price: $675.00

Entire Edition of the Harper's Weekly for the week of April 29, 1865. Cover story features John Wilkes Booth. Centerfold is Liberty mourning at the casket of Lincoln. Other illustations include The Siege of Mobile, Destruction of the Tim Clad, Mushroom Anchor Torpedos, Landing of the National Forces at Fish River, Sherman's Army and Paris Fashions for April. Also and ad for the first volume of Napoleon III's book on the History of Julius Caesar.

Very good, usual edge browning, minor tears at bottom not affecting text or graphics.

	Price: $1,250.00

An order to: "Buy tickets for Surratt [lined out; "St. Marie" inserted] and send him forward by first steamer for New York or Boston. Your account will be paid."

The error naming "Surratt" is an interesting slip, since he was at the moment aboard the U.S.S. Swatara, soon to land in Washington. Surratt claimed to have been in Elmira , N.Y. when he learned that Booth had murdered Lincoln; he fled at once to Canada, thence Italy, where he joined the Papal Zouaves. There he was recognized by fellow soldier Henri de St. Marie, a French Canadian who had met him in Maryland (their introductory acquaintance, Louis Weichmann, claimed that St. Marie purposely trailed Surratt from Canada, lured by the $25,000 reward then on his head). For informing on Surratt, the American government secured St. Marie's release from the Zouaves, paid him a reduced reward, and -- by this order -- brought him to the United States to testify in Surratt's trial for the murder of Lincoln, which ended with a hung jury and the conspirator's release. Consul Aldis, of Vermont, became a Southern Claims Commissioner in 1873.

Half inch tear at top; o/w excellent.

	Price: $48,500.00

The last issue of this famed reward broadside, without photos (as issued) and with the additional descriptive line about Booth’s heavy black moustache: “…which there is some reason to believe has been shaved off.”

Booth was captured and shot so quickly after this broadside was printed, that no photos were ever attached. David Harold was captured at the Garrett Farm, abandoning the burning barn where he and Booth had holed up. John Surratt, a Confederate mail currier, had fled to Canada , escaping certain prison time or death; two years later he was captured and tried, but walked because of a hung jury. Surratt’s mother, Mary, was hanged along with Harold, Lewis Powell, and George Atzerodt.

Professionally restored, repairing fold separations and filling in some small areas of loss; tissue-backed; two unobtrusive embossed library stamps. Handsomely framed with museum mounting and Perhaps the most dramatic relic of the assassination.

Detailed text furnishes “final and corrected arrangements” for the 20 April 1865 Philadelphia funeral procession of Pres. Lincoln, noting that its point of assembly will be Independence Hall. Scores of individuals and organizations are named as participants; the route is given, as is a list of the city’s pallbearers for the event. Signed in type by J.R. Ingersoll, Chief Marshal, and his aides.

Some very faint marg. aging, one sharp central horiz. fold, lt. toning on blank verso; overall remarkably fine and fresh for such oversized ephemera.

	Price: $1,500.00

	Price: $8.500.00

Collection items include:

[1] OBSEQUIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN / Order of Funeral Procession; broadside sheet w/ mourning rule; approx. 7-1/2 x 10-3/4 in.; some fold damage w/ minimal loss;

[2] PROGRAMME OF RECEPTION…(by) Committee on Reception of Remains (“Colored Citizens” march last); broadside sheet w/ mourning rule; approx. 4-1/4 x 7 in.; a few lt. folds w/ a pin hole at an intersect;

[3] 1864 Presidential Campaign Ferrotype set in a stamped brass shell pin, w/ mourning crepe behind (image a reverse of O-91 by Anthony Berger at Brady’s studio in 1864);

[4] Patriotic Mourning Flag on a black-headed pin bearing black tassels (flag slightly faded);

[5] Silk Mourning Ribbon, “WE MOURN THE NATION’S LOSS…”; approx. 5-1/2 x 2 in.; some damage and slight loss to the silk, but intact, as is the verbiage;

[6] Albumen CDV Albumen Photograph of the soldier who wore them while serving on the Honor Guard, as a member of the 146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry; the image shows him displaying his kepi with its “D/146” identification and the two chevrons of a corporal on the sleeve.

Museum mounted in a handsome, modern, deep display frame.

	Price: $2,500.00

Period, original watercolor with a mourning border, of a freedmna mourning at Lincoln's Tomb, topped with an urn bearing a Lincoln image, below which is drawn "ABRAHAM LINCOLN OUR NATION HAS LOST ITS FATHER 1809-1865."

This "Schoolhouse" style folk art watercolor is on manila paper, matted and handsomely framed to 16 x 15 in.

A touching image with a wonderful use of colors.

Excellent.

	Price: $3,850.00

This beautifully carved locket is a unique piece of jewelry, used during the mourning period for the murder of our 16th president.

The upside-down rose, a Victorian symbol of mourning, is attached to the petal-design ivory backing by an ivory peg. The rose slides away from the back, revealing an albumen photo of Lincoln, The backing features a decorative oval brass rope-design border. The chain is celluloid, a modern synthetic first created in the late 1850s.

The image was taken by Anthony Berger at Brady’s Washington gallery on 9 February 1864 (O-92).

	Price: $2,500.00

"It is hereby ordered that, in honor to the memory of our late illustrious Chief Magistrate, all officers and others subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Treasury, wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months." Beginning as a bank cashier in Fort Wayne, Indiana, McCulloch rose to be Comptroller of the Currency under Salmon P. Chase and was appointed Lincoln's third Secretary of the Treasury barely a month before the assassination. He was among the Cabinet members who visited the President's deathbed at the Peterson House, and continued in office under Andrew Johnson, briefly serving again (1884-85) under Chester Arthur.

Mounting remnants on left side of front and right side of back, though it does not affect the text. Fine. Once owned by the great Lincoln collector Oliver Barrett.

“My friend Mr. H.E. Lemon of Lancaster wishes to buy some condemned machinery at Harper’s Ferry, which cannot be sold till next fall, unless you will give a special order. I hope you will be able to gratify him…” Marcy, himself Secretary of War at this time, invented the concept of the “spoils system”, a tool adroitly used by Cameron to build a political machine in his native Pennsylvania . An interesting reference to the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, (W.) Va. , which was the focal point of John Brown’s raid a dozen years later.

Very narrow marg. toning; old folds; last letter of sig. faintly brushed by Cameron; overall fine appearance

	Price: $425.00

Doubtless penned during the Civil War, and cut from a larger document. In full: “The Secretary does not deem it expedient to permit Col. Sewell to visit Washington for the purpose within mentioned but on the contrary thinks it highly injurious to the service to grant such applications.” This likely refers to William J. Sewell, Irish-born Colonel of the 5 th N.J. and later of the 38 th N.J., who was brevetted Brig. Gen. for Chancellorsville and years later awarded a Medal of Honor for the same battle (having rallied “around his colors a mass of men from other regiments” and led them “through several hours of desperate conflict, remaining in command though wounded and inspiring them by his presence and the gallantry of his personal example”).

Stanton has made light smudges and fingermarks on the bottom few lines and upon his sig., which is rather cramped for space; still all is quite readable. Some very lt. soiling; tipped to part of an old album page with a bust ¾ profile engraving.

	Price: $450.00

	Price: $425.00

An official envelope, franked by Stanton as secretary of war and addressed by him to Hon. John H. Clifford / Willard's Hotel / No 11.

With an engraved period portrait by J. Rogers, after a Mathew Brady photograph.

Lt. toning; few small stains; else excellent.

	Price: $1,550.00

A “from life” three-quarter image that has wonderful, deep toning. Stanton is surprisingly scarce in signed photos.

Excellent.

	Price: $5,500.00

This handsome broadside sports a beautiful image of Liberty holding a union shield and “liberty cap” on a pole, sitting next to an American eagle with spread wings. Below is the full Republican platform as adopted in the “Wigwam” convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. Beginning with “The Republican Party” and “Its Fundamental Principles,” 17 short, titled paragraphs cover the various issues of the platform, including: State Sovereignty; the Democratic party’s Sectionalism and Extravagance and Corruption; Popular Sovereignty; the Admission of Kansas; and the African Slave Trade. Since Whigs made up much of the new Republican Party, the platform also covered issues important to them: Encouragement of American Industry; Free Homesteads; River and Harbor Improvements; and A Pacific Railroad.

Excellent and of fresh appearance; folds; some v. lt. wrinkling; two small stains at the bottom edge. Quite scarce; not listed in Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 1851-1871.

	Price: $11,500.00

Each campaign button is approximately 1” in diameter and framed so each sided is visible. The electoral tickets are of varying sizes, with three bearing an American eagle motif. Complete sets of the ferrotypes are quite scarce -- as are the individual electoral tickets for Bell and Breckinridge.

A fascinating snapshot of the 1860 presidential campaign and a decorative way to showcase these historical artifacts. The display should elicit great interest from those who view it in your home or office.

	Price: $3,850.00

A facsimile of his signature appears below, with the penciled names of subsequent owner/users.

Very good; handsomely museum matted. These silk ribbons remain unusual and scarce, as they were so easily damaged.

	Price: $575.00

Very good; sm. hole at bottom margin.

	Price: $1,200.00

An unusually large example, listing presidential electoral candidates for Massachusetts (among them John G. Whittier, poet/abolitionist, and Edward Everett, Gettysburg’s “other orator”) plus state office-seekers, chief among them the great war Governor John A. Andrew (who was up for re-election).

V. lt. fox; clean horiz. tear across middle, separating candidates Oliver Warner and Henry K. Oliver; else very nice, a clean document.

	Price: On Hold

It is quite uncommon to find electoral tickets for Lincoln’s home state; even more unusual to discover one from each presidential election! 1860.

Folds, repaired on verso, with toning; 1864 has a small hole at the bottom, barely affecting only one small word. A unique combination.

	Price: $1,200.00

Illustrated w/beribboned fasces, two eagles (one holding a snake in its beak; the other, arrows and an olive branch) and bust portraits of Lincoln and V.P. Andrew Johnson. Over 150 ball “managers” are listed, many honorary, incl. Genls. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock and Doubleday.

Unissued; light water markings at left margin, else excellnt, clean and bright. One of the nicest ones we have ever seen.

	Price: $15,500.00

The original handout given to those who attended the ceremonies dedicating the cemetery and hearing Lincoln give his “few appropriate remarks.” Signed in type by Lincoln ’s old Illinois friend, Ward H. Lamon, as Marshall in Chief. Unusually scarce, being on a thin, blue paper.

Very good, though a few wrinkles (could be flattened) and a tape stain on the lower right-hand corner.

	Price: $1,500.00

A 1.5" seal used for official documents. Patriotic Eagle surrounded by "President of the United States ".

	Price: $1.200.00

In Brock, Hays & Co. v. Illinois Central Rail Road, the defendants state “they did not undertake and promise in manner & form as the said plaintiffs have… complained against them…” Records show that this suit involved a shipment of hogs from Okaw, IL, to Chicago . Because this journey took three times longer than usual, in extremely cold weather, many hogs died and the remainder were seriously underweight upon arrival. A jury awarded plaintiffs $860.25 in damages. On appeal to the state Supreme Court Lincoln unsuccessfully contended that the damages assessed against the railroad were excessive. In Whitney’s hand.

Corner nipped; usual toning and two horiz. lines; else clean. From collection of noted Springfield manuscript dealer King Hostick w/ his penciled notation.

	Price: $1,500.00

A drill team championship pin, in honor of one who won many such drills. Hand-painted; “N.Y.F(ire). Zouaves” on the side.

Of stamped brass with details highlighted in red, white, and blue paint.

Very good, minor chipping to paint.

	Price: $875.00

Stamped from brass, hand painted.

Very good, minor chipping to paint.

	Price: $375.00 (each)

Stamped from brass, hand painted.

Very good, minor chipping to paint.

	Price: $6,500.00

Original decorated brown leather; raised bands.

Edges of binding quite rubbed, particularly along the spine; text block faintly age-toned, some marginal discoloration, but sound and overall very good. Books from Mary’s library are desirable and scarce.

	Price: $575.00

A Mr. William Goodman in Chicago had requested that a missing volume 6 of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (131 vol. set) be replaced. Lincoln writes that he should go to the Chicago post office “relative to the non-receipt of the volume,” for “the Department has no authority” to replace a volume that has “miscarried in the mails.” The book, he continues, can be purchased for 80 cents at the Public Printer.

V.g.

	Price: $575.00

In a nice association, Robert writes to this famous Lincoln photograph collector and author: “I have your note of November eleventh enclosing a picture of Hugh McCullough. I am very much obliged to you for your courtesy in sending it and enclose herewith One Dollar in currency to reimburse you for the amount paid for it.”

One of Meserve’s cdv albumen facsimiles of McCullough (Secretary of Treasury in Lincoln’s shortened second term), taken from the original plate, is included.

Very good.

	Price: $1,650.00

Dresser's endorsement certifies that their marriage was "Solemnized by me on the day and date above written."

Identical in style to the license that was issued in November 1842 to Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, whose marriage was also solemnized by Dresser. Of course, the Rev. Dresser is also the one who sold his house to the Lincolns in 1844. The clerk who signs, Charles Matheny, was the father of Lincoln's friend James, best man at the Lincoln ’s wedding. Wallace sometimes acted as family physician for the Lincolns and was given an Army paymastership by the president during the Civil War.

Two horizontal folds; one chip at edge; Lt soil; else excellent, with dark ink.. Together with: E. S. Brown Autograph Letter Signed, n.p. [ Springfield ?]: 1895. 4p., 3.5" x 5.5". Brown thanks "Cousin Al" (Albert S. Edwards, custodian of the Lincoln's home 1897-1915) for a copy of Historical Sketches of the Edwards and Todd Families, praising their research and the "sweet style in which Georgie" (Albert's daughter) has written them. "The Todds are a proud race you know, nor is their pride based on wealth, but upon the rarer, richer qualities which go to make up the man." Toned on last page; else very good. Provenance through the Phil Sang and John Lattimer collections

John was a younger brother of the two Speeds prominent in Abraham Lincoln’s life: Joshua Fry, Lincoln’s most intimate friend,”and James, Lincoln’s last attorney general (visit the Lincoln Cabinet section above for James Speed). Here John acknowledges a postcard sent to Joshua and sends (not present) a requested pamphlet as well as an “autograph cut from an old check...Joshua has been dead more than two years. His wife had the lecture published for...his friends.” The lecture pamphlet referred to is Joshua’s Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln...(M1005).

On thin paper; vert. fold split (clear of sig.) repaired on verso, but breaking again at margins; sm. marg. tear (no losses); light offsetting from dark ink. A scarce autograph!

	Price: $375.00

	Price: $4,500.00

Ayers had purchased Hesler’s studio and later sold it, taking with him the glass plates for this sitting. In the 1880s, John Nicolay and John Hay asked to use this pose as a frontispiece, thus becoming instantly famous. Of this image Lincoln commented, “It looks better and it expresses me better than any I have seen; if it pleases the people I am satisfied.”

Ayers made copies for sale and they sold well; but rarely do they come to us of this fine a quality, being clear and with a rich, almost chocolate tonality.

	Price: $15,500.00

A rare original oval vignetted print of the famous pose which shows a bespectacled Lincoln and his youngest son poring over a photo album. This format is particularly scarce and desirable, as it is a larger albumen and image than the more easily found carte-de-visite layout! Originally taken by Anthony Berger at Mathew Brady’s Washington gallery on 9 Feb. 1864, Lincoln later expressed apprehension lest this image be misrepresented as himself and Tad studying the Bible. It is one of several famous poses Berger took that day, including the so-called “$5 bill” portrait (see next) and the “penny profile”.

Print with a few scattered spots of foxing, not affecting visages; mount slightly foxed, with very faint waterstain and unobtrusive creases in left-side corners, none of which touch the print. Excellent tonality, too.

	Price: $6,500.00

This image was a product of Lincoln’s last formal sitting, just ten weeks before the president was assassinated. Tad had accompanied his father to Gardner’s gallery and this photograph became one of the more enduring images.

The sylvan background was added as an ornamental in this large size, which became quite popular at the time.

	Price: $25,000.00

Housed in an 1865 period frame, with mourning ribbons setting off the ambrotype at the corners. The entire is in a specially designed purple velvet box, which also houses half of the original gutta purcha case for the image, with its cover glass and brass matt.

An image popularized on campaign ribbons and campaign button ferrotypes during the 1860 presidential campaign. Probably obtained during the campaign and then, after the assassination, removed from the half-case and switched to the frame. Mourning ribbons were added and the whole reverently hung on the wall as a memorial to the fallen leader.

A powerful reminder of the emotions Mr. Lincoln’s murder engendered.

	Price: $27,500.00

From the Lost Original Daguerreotype by J. C. F. Polycarpus Von Schneidau; (Chicago: October 1854). Then fashioned into an Ambrotype by Samuel G. Alschular, (Chicago: July, 1858). The ambrotype is in the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Springfield; and the other existing image, a faded salt print (probably made by Alschular), is at the Chicago History Museum. In fact, only two other 19th century images exist, in the form of cabinet cards.

Lincoln visited Chicago on October 27th and 28th of 1854 and spoke out against the possible extension of slavery resulting from the Kansas/Nebraska Act. It is logical that on October 27th, either before or after this important Chicago speech, Lincoln had the opportunity to have a photograph taken while in the company of George Schneider, who had invited Lincoln to speak and was the publisher of the German Whig newspaper, Illinois Staats Zeitung -- probably the original newspaper Lincoln is holding.

Many historians were misled by the newspaper that Lincoln holds in the photo. The words “PRESS AND TRIBUNE” clearly appear in it. The Chicago Press and Tribune was first published under that name on July 1, 1858 and the masthead was only used by until March 17, 1859. The newspaper heading type was added on the negative from which the salt print and the ninth plate ambrotype were made. The middle word “AND” is larger than the other names, and the entire title “PRESS AND TRIBUNE” is placed too low on the paper, conveniently positioned so that Lincoln’s fingers did not cover the masthead.

Probably George Schneider himself allowed the words to be changed at Joseph Medill’s request, for the Chicago Press and Tribune had the most to gain. Publisher Medill was a firm supporter of Lincoln in his quest for a Senate seat (and later for President), along with fellow anti-slavery publisher Schneider. In a clever marketing tactic, Joseph Medill most likely hoped to capitalize on the famous Lincoln holding the Tribune during the upcoming campaign for the Senate.

	Price: $3,850.00

A superb image of Lincoln and his private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay. On this day, Hay wrote in his diary: “Went with Mrs. Ames to Gardner’s Gallery & were soon joined by Nico [Nicolay] and the Prest. We had a great many pictures taken…Nico & I immortalized ourselves by having ourselves done in a group with the Prest.”