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Lincoln, Abraham:
BEARDLESS LINCOLN CAMPAIGN COVER, ADDRESSED TO MR. GEORGE L. WILLSON, TOPSHAM, ME.
Yellow cover, 3.25" x 5.25". Beardless portrait of Lincoln in oval border at upper left corner. Three cent rose postal stamp of George Washington at upper right corner with partial postmark over it [postmark illegible]. Right edge cut open unevenly with partial loss of blank edge of cover. Lightly dustsoiled. Very Good. Lincoln did not grow a beard until he was elected President in November 1860. The postal stamp was first issued in August 1861, as one of the new series of stamps issued after commencement of hostilities in order to "prevent the fraudulent use of the large quantity of stamps remaining unaccounted for, in the hands of the postmasters in the disloyal states." II Brookman, The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century. George L. Wilson [one 'L' in surname] is listed in the 1860 Federal Census as born around 1838, living with Arthur L. Wilson and family in Topsham, Maine, and working as a farm laborer. In the 1870 Federal Census he is a married farmer. The U.S. Civil War Draft Records for 1863-1865 and the U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records for 1863-1865 confirm his birth year and personal information, and list him with Class I, 2nd Congressional District, under Capt. John S. Baker, Provost Marshall. Milgram, Abraham Lincoln Illustrated Envelopes and Letter Paper 1860-1865, No. 9.
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Lincoln, Abraham:
BEARDLESS LINCOLN CAMPAIGN COVER, POSTMARKED MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, DEC. 5, 186[1?], ADDRESSED TO MR. A.W. CUNNINGHAM IN VIRGINIA, ILLINOIS [CASS COUNTY].
Engraved & Published by Ed. Mendel, 162 Lake St., Chicago:, [1861?]
Orange cover, 3" x 5.5". Beardless portrait of Lincoln at upper left corner. Three cent rose postal stamp of George Washington at upper right corner, canceled with black target rubberstamp. Postmarked at Memphis, Ten., Dec. 5, 1861[?] [numbers partly obscured]. Light dust, Very Good. Lincoln did not grow a beard until he was elected President in November 1860. The postal stamp was first issued in August 1861, as one of the new series of stamps issued after commencement of hostilities in order to "prevent the fraudulent use of the large quantity of stamps remaining unaccounted for, in the hands of the postmasters in the disloyal states." II Brookman, The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century. It is especially interesting that this envelope was posted in Memphis, with delivery addressed to Virginia, Illinois. Memphis was a major slave-trading center on the Mississippi River in the heart of Tennessee's Confederacy. Cass County, Illinois, is about 35 miles west of Springfield, the focus of Lincoln's political and legal career. Andrew Cunningham [1806-1895] was born in Scotland to a well-to-do landowner. A tanner who settled in Cass County in 1835, he constructed and operated the first tannery in Cass County, one of the County's earliest and most important industries. His house, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, stands today. [Newton: 2 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, pages 675-678; and Wikipedia]. Milgram, Abraham Lincoln Illustrated Envelopes and Letter Paper 1860-1865, No. 55.
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Lincoln, Abraham:
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 398. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 21, 1863. THE FOLLOWING JOINT RESOLUTION BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IS PUBLISHED TO THE ARMY: JOINT RESOLUTION OF THANKS TO MAJOR GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT, AND THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT UNDER HIS COMMAND DURING THIS REBELLION; AND PROVIDING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL CAUSE A MEDAL TO BE STRUCK, TO BE PRESENTED TO MAJOR GENERAL GRANT IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[Signed in type by E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjustant General. Approved by Abraham Lincoln.] Washington: December 17, 1863. Broadside, 4.5" x 7". Blank inner margin chips, else Very Good. OCLC 57229200 [1-Abraham Lincoln Presidential Libr.].
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Lincoln, Abraham:
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING A LETTER ADDRESSED TO HIM FROM A COMMITTEE OF GENTLEMEN REPRESENTING THE FREEDMAN'S AID SOCIETIES OF BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND CINCINNATI, IN RELATION TO THE FREEDMEN UNDER THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION. 1863.
7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with a bit of wrinkling to upper corners, else Very Good. In December 1863 President Lincoln received a letter from Henry Ward Beecher and others, urging creation of a Bureau of Emancipation to nourish on a nationwide basis "the aptitude of the slave for freedom." The proposal, which had also been introduced in Congress earlier in 1863 but had languished there, became the basis for the later establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau. Lincoln sends the letter along to Congress, noting the "ability and high character" of the authors, and urging its consideration by Congress. Monaghan 234.
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Lincoln, Abraham:
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY VINDICATED- THE DEMANDS OF THE SOUTH EXPLAINED. SPEECH OF HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS, AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY 27, 1860.
Republican Executive Congressional Committee, [Washington:, 1860]
8pp, caption title [as issued]. Uncut, untrimmed folio sheet [with separations at some page folds]. Tanned, last leaf substantially spotted. Good. Lincoln's great Cooper Union speech argues that the Framers and early Congresses contemplated a narrow role for slavery. Examining the constitutional and early Congressional debates, he demonstrates that contemporary statesmen viewed slavery "as an evil, not to be extended, but to be tolerated and protected only because of and so far as its actual presence among us makes that toleration and protection a necessity." Lincoln's argument received wide press coverage; it catapulted him into presidential contention, for its great contribution placed the new Republican Party at the center of American constitutional and legal thought rather than an unacceptable extreme. He thus made it easy for moderate Northern Democrats and Whigs to vote Republican in 1860. This edition was issued by the Republicans especially for the 1860 Presidential campaign. Monaghan 55. Sabin 41160. LCP 5944.
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Lincoln, Abraham:
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY VINDICATED- THE DEMANDS OF THE SOUTH EXPLAINED. SPEECH OF HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS, AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY 27, 1860.
16pp, caption title [as issued]. Folded, untrimmed. Lightly toned, lightly worn, scattered light foxing. Good+. Contemporary inscription at blank head of the title page. An unusual 16-page issue of Lincoln's Cooper Union discourse, followed, at the middle of page 9, by John Hickman's July 24, 1860 campaign speech. Page 16 prints Stephen Douglas's endorsement of the Dred Scott Decision, and criticisms of his doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. Most copies print Lincoln's speech only, in 8 pages; another 16-page printing includes addresses by Horace Greeley, General Nye, and others. Lincoln's great Cooper Union speech argues that the Framers and early Congresses contemplated a narrow role for slavery. Examining the constitutional and early Congressional debates, he demonstrates that contemporary statesmen viewed slavery "as an evil, not to be extended, but to be tolerated and protected only because of and so far as its actual presence among us makes that toleration and protection a necessity." Lincoln's argument received wide press coverage; it catapulted him into presidential contention, for its great contribution placed the new Republican Party at the center of American constitutional and legal thought rather than an unacceptable extreme. He thus made it easy for moderate Northern Democrats and Whigs to vote Republican in 1860. Monaghan 54. OCLC 4774045, 43396061 [9].
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[Lincoln, Abraham]:
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEFORE THE SPRINGFIELD WASHINGTONIAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, AT THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ON THE 22D DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1842.
O.H. Oldroyd, Publisher., Springfield [Ill.]:, 1889
14pp., illustrations. Original illustrated printed wrappers and staples as issued. Front wrapper has title and portrait of Lincoln, rear wrap with the Lincoln Monument in Springfield. Small illustration of the Second Presbyterian Church of Springfield on title page, illustration of the Lincoln Homestead on verso. Entire pamphlet trimmed closely without text loss. Good+. Monaghan 982.
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[Lincoln, Abraham]:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A PROCLAMATION. RESPECTING SOLDIERS ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, MARCH 10, 1863.
5" x 7.5". 4pp. Caption title [as issued], folded. Minor dustsoiling, light vertical fold. Short splits along spine fold. Else Very Good. Lincoln orders that "all soldiers enlisted or drafted in the service of the United States, now absent from their regiments without leave, shall forthwith return to their respective regiments." Soldiers returning on or before April 1, 1863, will be granted amnesty and "restored to their respective regiments without punishment, except the forfeiture of pay and allowances during their absence." After the deadline, they ”shall be arrested as deserters, and punished as the law provides.” Lincoln warns "evil-disposed and disloyal persons" to desist from enticing and procuring soldiers to desert. Annexed at pp. 2-4 is a copy of Section 26 of General Order No. 58, which designates locations where deserters may report for duty. 165 Eberstadt 380. OCLC 15873079 [4], 78059328 [1]. Not in Monaghan.
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[Lincoln, Abraham]:
LINCOLN'S TREATMENT OF GEN. GRANT.
Sold at 13 Park Row, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices, [New York:, 1864]
8pp, caption title, disbound, a bit of blank margin wear, Good+. At head of title: 'Document No. 12.' A Democratic Party campaign pamphlet portraying President Lincoln as an incompetent military strategist who perpetually "interfered with General McClellan, both when he was general-in-chief and afterward when he commanded the brave Army of the Potomac." Moreover, Lincoln has "The Taint of Disunion." He, not McClellan, the Democratic presidential candidate, supported the Jeffersonian right of revolution in a speech during his single term in Congress; he and other "ultra abolitionists" are the "original secessionists and disunion men." George McClellan wants the rebel States to return to the Union, but Lincoln's policies render that impossible. Lincoln "regards the States as dead and gone. He magnifies and strengthens the position of the Richmond dynasty" by seeking to negotiate "only with Jefferson Davis." Monaghan 326.
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[Lincoln, Abraham]:
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S VIEWS. AN IMPORTANT LETTER ON THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE VALLANDIGHAM CASE. CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING, AT ALBANY, N.Y.
King & Baird, Printers, Philadelphia:, 1863
Original printed wrappers [torn at blank upper right corner of front wrap]. Wrapper title reads: 'The Truth From an Honest Man. The Letter of the President.' 16pp, Very Good. Lincoln here issues his famous reply to the Albany Democrats' resolutions charging him with violating civil liberties by arbitrary arrests and suppressing free speech. Democrats deplore the arrest and planned deportation of the Ohio Copperhead Vallandigham, who had condemned the War as one "for the freedom of the blacks and the enslavement of the whites." Lincoln argues: "Must I shoot a simple-minded boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces him to desert?...I think that in such a case, to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional but withal a great mercy." Monaghan 242. Bartlett 2709.
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