Mary Lincoln, Autograph Letter, Signed

Description

 Mrs. Lincoln writes Isaac Arnold, in full: “Dr. Miner has just called, with the two papers – also he has left me a copy of something which he wrote and was published, I believe. I enclose it to you. I received a telegram from my son, last Saturday morning just as he was sailing from Liverpool.”  There is an ink receipt notation on the verso, probably in Arnold’s hand.  

Isaac Newton Arnold (1813-1884), was a Chicago attorney, congressman, and one of Abraham Lincoln’s closest friends and early biographers.  Following Lincoln’s assassination, Arnold remained in frequent correspondence with Mary Lincoln and served as a trusted intermediary in matters relating to Lincoln scholarship, reminiscences, and posthumous publications. 

Flattened folds with minor toning. Second leaf is reinforced along edges. Stray ink mark on verso. 

Lincoln, Mary. Autograph Letter Signed “Mary Lincoln” to Isaac Newton Arnold. Two pages of a bifolium on mourning stationery, 4 1/4″ x 6 1/4″; (Chicago, IL); November 13, 1872.