Sale 343


 
Lot 3196



Lincoln Endorsed Cover, from Cincinnati to Joseph I. Lewis, Commissioner Internal Revenue, the original letter (now in the National Archives) urged the appointment of Col. Freese of New Jersey to command a regiment of "Colored Troops". Lewis, a trusted Lincoln advisor, recommended the appointment and Lincoln agreed, endorsing the envelope "Submitted to the Sec. of War. A. Lincoln, Nov. 11, 1863". Cover franked with with 3¢ 1861 tied by blue Nov 3 Cincinnati duplex, Very Fine.
Estimate $4,000 - 5,000

A FINE LINCOLN SIGNED ENDORSEMENT.

 
Realized $8,000



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