Lincoln

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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) . SOLD

HANNIBAL HAMLIN. Carte de visite (4" x 2 3/8"). Standing view of Lincoln's first vice President. Published by E. Anthony form Brady's Portrait Gallery. Strong tones and clarity, early cdv, Fine condition. (Cw.737) $225..

EDWIN STANTON. Carte de visite (4" x 2 1/2"). Standing view of Edwin Stanton. Anthony/ Brady backmark, mount trimmed irregularly at bottom, otherwise fine cond , exhibiting strong tonality and contrast. (Cw. 777); $265.

Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during the American Civil War from 1862-1865. Stanton's effective management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory. After Lincoln's assassination, Stanton remained as Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson during the first years of Reconstruction. He opposed the lenient policies of Johnson towards the former Confederate States. Johnson's attempt to dismiss Stanton led the House of Representatives to impeach him.

EDWARD BATES. Carte de visite (4" x 2 1/2"). Seated view of Edard Bates. Anthony/ Brady backmark. Fine cond. (Cw. 778); . SOLD

Edward Bates (September 4, 1793 – March 25, 1869) was a U.S. lawyer and statesman. He served as United States Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864.

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

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.

CHARLES SUMNER. Cdv; 4" x 2 3/8" Seated view of Sumner. Published by E. Anthony form Brady's Portrait Gallery. Strong tones and clarity, early cdv, Fine condition. (H579); $95.
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. A lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, working to punish the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the Freedmen. Sumner gained fame as a Republican. One of the most learned statesmen of the era, he specialized in foreign affairs, working closely with Abraham Lincoln to keep the British and the French from intervening on the side of the Confederacy.

THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN... to Which Is Added a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. New York: H. Dayton, Publisher, 1860. Small 8vo. Authorized Edition, Original brown blind-embossed cloth. 354pp. Very good. Mild edgewear, with light fraying at corners and head and tail of spine; one of ffep loose, overall VG, tight, quite decent early printing. MONAGHAN 25.(Cw909); $250.

THE WHITE HOUSE CA. 1864. Pair of cdvs, 2 1/2" x 4" . Period pencil inscriptions on back " White House, fronting Street, Washington, D.C." and similar notation (White House, back, Washington D.C. ". One image has slight damage to surface in top left corner, o/w Fine. Scarce war times views of White House. (Cw827); $SOLD

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

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); . SOLD

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.

LINCOLN ELECTION- 1864 LETTER. Washington, Aug 28^th, 1864. Three and a half page pen manuscript letter, 8” x 10”. Written from H.K. Cooper to “Friend Mattson” (A.J. Mattson was the enrolling officer and special agent for the provost marshal office in Prophetstown, and instrumental in getting a railroad line to Prophetstown). Interesting comments on the upcoming 1864 election, with a rather prophetic thought that Grant or Sherman would need a victory to help insure the positive outcome for Lincoln. Overall vg condition, easily readable, small amount of residue on back page (had been pasted in a ledger), not affecting text. (Cw.911); $395.
In part:

Aug 28^th , 1864

Friend Mattson,

It is a long time since your last was rec’d & until now it has remained unanswered. The knowledge the Sterling and Rock Island RR is to be built is not likely to benefit me much for as near as I can learn matters are in such a shape that the old Co(?) has nothing to do with the road. (Goes on to talk of other business matters).

Since Receiving your letter have seen several of the 8^th Ill Cavly. I enquired after Albert Humes(?) he has since called on me, but before I became aware of it the Regt had left so I have only seen him but once. I intended to have gone to their camp by put if off on account of (?) weather until too late. I have however seen Col. Clendinin since -(?) the regt all right the Col Had been sick and was looking bad. (Goes on to mention a few acquaintances ).

How are matters Politically in Ills ere this reaches you we shall know what the R(?)party has done in Chicago & can form something of an opinion of the chances of electing Lincoln for another term. How will Ills go? I fear we have a got a hard jobon hand between our enemies & they of our own household the results look doubtfull. I think however in my consider it a race between Lincoln and Jeff Davis. The Chicago nominee can be more nor less than an accomplice of his, and we must “fight it out on that line” A good substantial victory by Grant or Sherman will naturally aid us. I hope we may have it should like to have your views of the above & also of any other things of interest in the Country or State. You remember W.W Curtis of Trilton is here in the City has a position in the land office ; by the way I should think Washburn could get you a good position under the Govt if you want one, it makes a rogue out of an honest man so quick however that it is hardly safe to take an office. Give my best wishes to Mrs Mattson,

Yours &c H.K. Cooper

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.

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.SOLD

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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.

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.

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..

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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); $SOLD

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.

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.

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. (Cw.877); $49.99

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