Lot 3259
Perceived effect of Lincoln's death on the country, Soldier's letter datelined "Camp near Petersburg, Va., May 16th 1865", 1½ pages, from a Pvt. Wesley Langs to his father in Caniste(o) N.Y., in part (as written), "I suppose you have heard that the vilin that killed the President has Been killed he had not as good luck in getting away as A good many hoped he would have Some one will have to suffer for the Deed it wil not be Passed over without Being Avenged By some Body and in my opinion their will not be very good terms offered to the South now as if Lincoln had of lived to settle the whole thing up". Includes the original cover franked with a 3¢ 1861 tied by a Washington, D.C. duplex, May 7, missent and redirected from Avoca, N.Y.; Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150
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