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"His complexion is dark and sallow...he has thick black
eyebrows...his nose is large... as coarse a face as you would meet
anywhere...but redeemed, illuminated, softened, and brightened by a kindly
though serious look...and an expression of homely sagacity." Nathaniel
Hawthorne.
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ABRAHAM
LINCOLN CDV ( M-69,O-52) Photograph by Alexander Gardner
at M.B. Brady's Gallery, Washington, D.C. sunday, February 24th, 1861. No
backmark. 2 9/16" x 3 1/2" . Two cent orange revenue stamp on
verso. Exhibits foxing and soiling, trimmed top and bottom, (Cw.776). $750.
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ABRAHAM
LINCOLN CDV( O-76) Photograph by M.B. Brady Gallery,
Washington, D.C. February 8th, 1864. Anthony / Brady backmark. 2
3/8" x 4" . Paste on label for Selby & McCauley on verso. Exhibits
light foxing and soiling, image is lifting in b/r corner, hint of glue streaking
on image. (Cw.782). $1000.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CDV.
(O-92 ) . Photograph from
engraving, Lincoln surrounded by patriotic motif.Yeager, Reading Pa
photographer's backmark. Two cent blue revenue stamp on verso. . Some light
minor signs of use, overall Fine. (Cw.784); $95.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN CDV.
(O-92
); Photograph from engraving, Lincoln in oval wreath, with Union Liberty and
Peace 1865 below. I think this to be a presidential election campaign related
item, as opposed to a post mortem memorial cdv. No photographer's backmark. Top
corners clipped, overall Fine. (Cw.785); $150.
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LINCOLN
AND TAD ADVERTISING CDV. (O-93Oval portrait of the president and son,
surrounded by an embossed patriotic motif. Advertising card for Harrison's
Columbian Perfumery, Phila, Pa. Corners clipped, some light age toning of
mount, overall Fine cond.(Cw.786); $225.
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 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. Carte
de visite (4" x 2 3/8"). Full standing view of the Little Giant.
Backmark of Case & Getchell, Boston. Avg. wear, good condition. (Cw.837) $125. |

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SETH KINMAN AND CHAIR.
Lot of (2) carte de visites. Seth Kinman, a
California Hunter and trapper, presented Lincoln with an elk-horn chair on Nov
26, 1864. The cdv of Kinman has the imprinted copyright on the bottom of the
mount. Condition of the image is good, some foxing on the mount. The verso
shows having had tape, and having ben being removed, scarring the Brady
log. The cdv of the chair is a pirate copy , good condition w/ loss of
detail (as is typical of period copy work). Norton & Ford,photographers
backmark. (Cw.807). $395.00 pr
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JOHN
ANDREW, Signed Cdv. Carte de visite photograph (4" x 2
1/2"). Signed in pen both on the bottom of mount and also on verso.
Miller & Rowell, Boston photographer’s backmark. Dated pencil inscription
Apr. 29/ 64. Image, autographs F+ condition, back of mount had been glued at
some point, showing remnants of glue over the photographers backmark.
Fortunately, the glue is transparent, and the logo can be discerned. (Cw.53);
$600.
John Albion Andrew was
born May 31, 1818, Windham, Maine, U.S. died Oct. 30, 1867, Boston U.S.
antislavery leader who, as governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War, was
one of the most energetic of the Northern “war governors.” Andrew entered
political life as a Whig opposed to the Mexican War (1846–48). In 1848 he
joined the Free-Soil movement against the spread of slavery. After the passage
of the Kansas–Nebraska Act (1854), which permitted those territories to choose
between slavery and freedom, he helped organize the Republican Party in
Massachusetts. In 1859 he defended the abolitionist John Brown so vigorously
that he was summoned to Washington to appear before an investigating committee
of the Senate. In 1860 he led the Massachusetts delegation at the Republican
convention at Chicago, which nominated Lincoln for the presidency; from 1861 to
January 1866 he was governor of Massachusetts.
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In 1864 the peace-at-any-price element wrote the Democratic
platform calling for an immediate end to the war. They nominated General
McClellan for their presidential candidate, but he came out openly for winning
the war. President Lincoln was re-nominated by the Republicans under the label of
Union party, with Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate
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ANDREW JOHNSON.
Cdv;
4" x 2 3/8" Seated view of Lincoln's second vice president. Gardner,
Washington D.C. photographer's bacikmark. Fine cond. (Cw.779); $300.
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GEORGE
McCLELLAN . CDV 4 1/4" x 2
3/8". View of Little Mac holding a pair of binoculars. Though original from
the negative, this is no photographer's imprint. Exhibits strong tonality,
contrast and clarity. (Cw.02); $165.
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1864 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. George
H. Pendleton. The Copperhead Candidate for Vice President. 9” x 6”, original
wraps. 8pp. Union Congressional Committee, Washington , D.C. 1864. foldout anti
Pendleton (Geo. McClellan’s running mate) biography. Some minor edge wear and
soiling. (CW.851); $145.
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LINCOLN’S
2ND INAUGURATION. Springfield Daily Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)-
March 6, 1865- “THE INAUGURATION” Page #2 devotes a full column to details
of the special day, Lincoln’s activities, the ceremony and the text of
Lincoln’s famous speech which ends “...WITH MALICE TOWARDS NO ONE, WITH
CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT, AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT,
LET US STRIVE ON TO FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN, TO BIND UP THE NATION’S WOUND...”
This 2nd inaugural speech sets the tone for the President’s Reconstruction
plans, which he was never able to implement. Archival tape repaired tears,
irregular spine, from disbound volume. (Cw.867)$95. |

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On
April 9, 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate army to Gen. U.S.
Grant, two days later the Stars and Stripes were raised over
Fort Sumter, where the war had begun. To celebrate the end of the war, Lincoln took Mary and two guests to
Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14. During the third act of the play, 'Our
American Cousin', John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head. Booth escaped,
and was shot and killed on
April 26 in a Virginia tobacco barn when soldiers and detectives surrounded and
set fire to it.
Lincoln died without On April 15,
1865, 28 years to the day since he had
left New Salem, Lincoln died. A funeral train
carried the president's body back home to Springfield, Ill., where he lies
buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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ASSASSINATION
OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. New York Semi Weekly Tribune. April 18,1865. 8pp
complete. 20 1/2 x 15 1/2". Black mourning column lines. Being semi
weekly , this is the first report from this paper of the assassination of
Lincoln. Front page large head "APPALLING CALAMITY" .Detailed
report on the events Also contains a detailed report of General Lee's surrender
and the raising of the flag at Ft. Sumter. Overall fine condition, from bound
volume. A key issue. (cw.904); $325.
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JOHN
WILKES BOOTH. cdv, 4" x 2
3/8". Seated view of Lincoln's assassin. Joseph Ward, Boston
backmark. Exhibits light soiling and wear, overall VG-fine cond.
(Cw.830); $175..
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BOOTH
FOUND AND SHOT LINCOLN - . New York Semi Weekly Tribune. April 28.
1865. 8pp complete. 20 ½ x 15 ½” . Black mourning column lines. Most of the
paper concerns itself with the Lincoln assassination, along with the end of the
war. Large page 1 four column report (another column continue on page 8) with
Large head “THE ASSASSINATION - Booth Found and Shot- His Accomplice, Harold
Captured - the Dying Words of the Assassin…” .Page 2 report of the funeral
obsequies in NYC. Numerous additional articles about the tragedy. Post war news
relates status of the paroled prisoners, the account of the surrender of Mobile,
Sherman’s army , etc.Overall fine condition, from bound volume. A key issue.
(Cw.905); $125.
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LINCOLN'S
BOX AT FORD'S THEATRE. Stereo view, 3
1/4" x 7" "War Views. The Private Box at Ford's Theatre, the
place where President Lincoln was assassinated" printed information on
paste on lable on back. Negative by Brady & Co., published by E. & H.T.
Anthony. Though a scarce view, exhibits heavy wear and soiling, non period pen
id on bottom of mount. Sold as is. (Cw.781); $600.
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LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
DISSECTED LEAVES. Stereo view. 3 ¼” x 6 ¾” Yellow mount. E. & H.
T. Anthony & Co. #4806. View of memorial to Lincoln : his portrait on a
black cross, skeletal leaves, etc . Light soiling, else G+. (Cw. 815); $55
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LINCOLN FUNERAL, NEW YORK
CITY. Stereo view. 3 ¼” x 7” Yellow mount. E. & H. T. Anthony &
Co. #2957. View of Lincoln's funeral looking up Broadway, April 25th, 1865.
Copyright notice on bottom of mount.: Ownership stamp on verso . Light wear to
corners, light soiling, else G+. (Cw. 819); $300.
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FUNERAL
MARCH. Sheet music, "Funeral March to the Memory of Abraham
Lincoln". Mrs E.A. Parkhurst. 1865. 13 3/4" x 10 3/4", 5 pp.
complete. spine split, some light discoloration along b/l . overall VG. (Cw.
864); $195.
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FUNERAL
MARCH. Illustrated sheet music, "Funeral March... to the Memory of
the Pure and Noble Patriot Abraham
Lincoln". E. C. Davis 1865. 13 " x 10 1/2", 5 pp.
complete. Trimmed on bottom. From bound volume with stitching remnants along
spine. Though it exhibits moderate to heavy soiling and wear, displays well. (Cw.
901); $215.
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FAREWELL FATHER, FRIEND
AND GUARDIAN. Mourning Sheet Music, 13" x 10 1/2". From
bound volume with stitching remnants along spine, light discoloration and wear,
1 1/4" tear bottom left center edge, o/w Gd. (Cw.902); $120.
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ABRAHAM
LINCOLN. Abraham Lincoln; His Life and
Its Lessons. 9 ¼” x 6”, original wraps, 38pp. Loyal Publication
Society, New York, 1865. Printed sermon preached on April 30, 1865, Joseph
Thompson, D.D., pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church. Some light staining
front cover, o/w VG. (CW.841); $85.
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ABRAHAM
LINCOLN. Death of President Lincoln.A
Discourse Upon The Life, Services and Death of Abraham Lincoln. 9 ¼”
x 5 ¾”, original wraps, 32pp. John A Gray &Green, New York, 1866. Second
edition. Hiram Crozier, delivered April 19, 1865, Huntington, L.I.. Crease on
back cover, o/w VG. (CW.842); $85.
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ABRAHAM
LINCOLN
.A Discourse on the Death of Abraham
Lincoln. 9 ¼” x 6”, original wraps, 16pp. Press of Dakin and
Metcalf, Boston, 1865. Printed sermon preached on April 19, 1865, Rev. J.E.
Rankin., pastor of the Winthrop Church, Charlestown. Back cover detached, last
page has the external margin cut (not affecting text);, o/w VG.
(CW.843); $85.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN CONSPIRACY TRAIL.
Trial of the Conspirators for the Assassination of President Lincoln, &c.
Argument of John A. Bingham, Special Judge Advocate in Reply to the Arguments of
the Several Counsel for Mary E. Surratt, etc. 9” x 6” Original wraps, 122pp.
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1865.
One third of spine missing, else VG. (CW.866); $200.
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NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT.Cdv.
Photograph from engraving of the Lincoln Monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery in
Springfield. Anderson's National Gallery, Springfield, Ill photographer's
imprint. Fine cond. (Cw838); $85.
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LINCOLN'S HOME. Ca. 1880s stereo
view, 4" x 7", of the Lincoln home in Springfield. Crosthwait
(no location given) photographer's backmark. Small loss of emulsion t/r corner
of left image, 3/4" crease in left image (though hard to tell in scan as it
is in the dark area of the tree), o/w Good cond. (Cw783); $125.
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LINCOLN
ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPES REFERENCE. Abraham
Lincoln Illustrated Envelopes and Letter Paper 1860-1865. Author: Milgram, James
W. Publisher: (Northbrook, IL) Northbrook Publishing Company, Inc. (1984) First
printing. Quarto, Full cloth, black and white photographs, 272 pages. Condition:
Fine. No dust jacket. Excellent reference to stationery and envelopes
printed during the Civil War either to commemorate or denigrate Abraham Lincoln.
Milgram catalogues and illustrates over 380 items. Also includes separate
catalogues of political campaign stationery and Civil War patriotic stationery,
followed by a selection of historical letters and other objects of paper
relating to Lincoln. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine and upper board
titled in silver foil. Light foxing to first and last leaf, shallow bumping to
head of spine, some light scuffs to lower board. History & Politics
(Cw.877); $49.99
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