Lot 1008
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States (1861-1865). DS, 1p, 8 x 10, Washington, D.C., July 3, 1863. Draft call for the Fourth District of the State of Massachusetts to supply 2,798 troops as "their proportional part of the quota"…"under the Act approved March 3, 1863, entitled 'An Act for enrolling and Calling out the National Forces, and for other purposes'". The act allowed "for the number of men herein assigned and FIFTY PER CENT IN ADDITION." Framed, with a photograph of Lincoln, to an overall 19 x 15, very minor browning, remarkably fresh and Very Fine. Only four such Draft Calls are recorded from Massachusetts.
Estimate 20,000 - 25,000
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE DRAFT CALL SIGNED BY LINCOLN ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
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