Lot 1019
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the U.S. (1861-1865), assassinated.
Partly printed document signed "Abraham Lincoln" as president, 7" x 9", Executive Mansion Washington D.C., August 12, 1863; Draft Order requiring 2,050 troops from the Fifth District of New York State, in part:
"I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of American and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, having taken into the consideration the number of volunteers and militia furnished by and from the several States, including the State of New York…, do hereby assign Two thousand and fifty as the first proportional part of the quota of troops to be furnished by the Fifth District of the State of New York…,"
Very Fine; professionally matted and framed to 13" x 15" and displayed, along with a portrait of Lincoln, an illusration of a crowd outside a New York City enlistment office and a descriptive plaque, within an ornate 41½" x 23" shadow-box frame.
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Expertization: Kenneth Laurence COA.
Following the Battle of Gettysburg in July, 1863, President Lincoln issued a draft call to New York City which resulted in the New York City Draft Riots. After waiting for calm to come back to the city, Lincoln issued this, the earliest of the resumed calls for enlistment.
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| Realized $14,000 |
