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Sale 343
Lincoln, Slavery and the Civil War
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Lot 3263 |
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Lincoln portrait in oval and mourning border around envelope (Milgram AL-363), design printed in black on orange buff envelope, bearing 3¢ rose (65), tied by "East Boston Mass. Apr 18 '65" duplex and addressed to Darien, Conn.; tiny surface scrape at top, Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
A REMARKABLE LINCOLN MOURNING COVER USED ONLY THREE DAYS AFTER LINCOLN'S DEATH.
This design used a crudely rendered version of the 1863 Matthew Brady photograph taken at Gettysburg, Pa. Abraham Lincoln died on April 14, this envelope is perhaps the earliest mourning cover use.
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Lot 3264 |
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Lincoln portrait in oval and mourning border around envelope (Milgram AL-362), design printed in black, sender embellished around portrait "Assassinated at Ford's Theatre Washington, by J Wilkes Booth, Good Friday April 14/65", bearing 3¢ rose (65), well centered, tied by cork cancel duplexed with "New York 1 May" c.d.s. and addressed to Ann Arbor, Mich.; couple surface abrasions, Fine and rare design, especially desirable with embellishment.
Estimate $500 - 750
Provenance: Matthies
Illustrated in Milgram's Lincoln book on page 164.
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Lot 3265 |
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Official Business Mourning Envelope, bearing "M. B. Field" free frank handstamp and endorsed "Treasury Department on circa 1864 cover to Baltimore, Md., "Washington D.C. Free Apr 19" c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
By the fourth day after Lincoln's death, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary Maunsell B. Field had substituted mourning stationery for his official business matters.
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Lot 3266 |
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Lincoln portrait in oval and mourning border around envelope (Milgram AL-365), with leaves added around portrait, design in black, bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by "New Berne N.C. May 31" duplex on cover addressed to soldier in Co. B 200 Regt. Pa. Vols. in Washington D.C.; slight soiling and barely reduced a bit at left, Fine and desirable design.
Estimate $500 - 750
This mourning design was one of the most popular and widely used, even getting down to the troops in North Carolina as shown here.
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Lot 3267 |
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Lincoln Mourning Lettersheet, letter dated May 3, 1865 relating a Chicago eyewitness account of the arrival of the funeral train, the procession to the court house, speaker Schuyler Colfax's eulogy and of the writer's standing in line for six hours to get into the court house to view the president's coffin, Very Fine. Scott AL-361.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 3268 |
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Lincoln Mourning Ribbon, multicolored Stevensgraph, 2" x 10" titled "The Late Lamented President Lincoln" with text "Assassinated at Washington, 14 April 1865" and quote "I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by. And if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by", Very Fine and about as bright and clean as they come.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 3269 |
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Lincoln portrait in oval frame with "We Mourn a Father Slain." slogan (Milgram AL-359), J. Magee imprint on top flap, bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Washington D.C. Jun 3" duplex and addressed to Milford, N.Y.; barely reduced at right, clean and Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 3270 |
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Lincoln mourning portrait in oval and "We cherish his memory" slogan (Milgram AL-370) (Milgram AL-370), design in black, bearing 3¢ rose (65) cancelled by circular grid and addressed to Epping, N.H., matching "Kingston N.Y. May 14" c.d.s.; reduced slightly at right, clean and Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400
Lithograph from 1864 Matthew Brady photo adapted for mourning.
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Lot 3271 |
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Lincoln portrait with "The Nation Mourns! April 15, 1865" slogan (Milgram AL-371) (Milgram AL-371), mourning design in black on cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by circle of Vs, "Hagerstown Pa. May 4" c.d.s., addressed to Hagerstown Pa., original May 3, 1869 enclosure datelined "Camp Hinks, Harrisburg Pa", reduced at left, Walcott L-221. Weiss AL-9., Fine and scarce.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 3272 |
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White House Mourning cover, legal size cover with printed endorsement "From the President", postmarked Washington, D.C., Free, May 8" (1865) with manuscript frank of Andrew Johnson's secretary "RD Musser, Col. &" (Secretary); the enclosed ANS from Musser, datelined the Executive Office the same day states "Respectfully returned, Passes between Baltimore and Richmond are no longer required. By the order of the President"; Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200
The White House used mourning stationery for one full year after the assassination.
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Lot 3273 |
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Mary (Todd) Lincoln Letter on Mourning stationery, ALS, 5¼" x 8¼", Chicago, April 9, 1866, to Ellwood Johnson Esq. in Philadelphia thanking him for a bound compilation of Lincoln mourning "addresses delivered in England"; very minor splitting at fold junctions, Very Fine. See following lot for the free-franked cover that contained the letter.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
A CHOICE LETTER FROM WIDOW LINCOLN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HER MOURNING.
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Lot 3274 |
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Mary (Todd) Lincoln Free-Franked Mourning cover, addressed to Ellwood Johnson Esq. in Philadelphia (see preceding lot), postmarked with an April 10 (1866) Chicago duplex cancel (very slightly obscuring the signature); bit of creasing in upper left corner, light toning; Fine.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
FINE WIDOW FREE FRANK ON A RARE MOURNING COVER.
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Lot 3275 |
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Lincoln National Monument Fund, ALS from Illinois governor Oglesby's secretary, Col. George H. Harlin, on illustrated Illinois Executive Dept. letterhead, Aug 19, 1865, acknowledging receipt of a $5 donation to the Lincoln National Monument Association; includes matching all-over illustrated cover franked with a 3¢ 1861 tied by Springfield duplex the same day; Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 3276 |
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"Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln", advertising corner card on yellow cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Rochester N.Y. Aug 19" to Pittford, N.Y., docketed "James Horton, Augt 19th 1865" at left, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
Commercial cover soliciting salespeople for Brockett's exploitation biography of Lincoln. Poorly written work was rushed to print only three months after Lincoln's death, peddled door to door as a memorial book.
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