Lot 3261
Lincoln Funeral Letter, cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Washington D.C. Apr 25" duplex to Calderness, N.H., enclosed eight-page letter datelined "Fort Lincoln, D.C., April 19th 1865"; Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750
The April 19th letter in part reads, "I have been in Washington today to attend the funeral of our lamented President - he who fell. so fouly murdered. by a friend in human - who must have been inspired to do the deed by the Arch Friend himself. Never has our country been called upon to mourn as she does today, and never have the people had so good an opportunity to show their great love for him - the honored dead…The City of Washington is draped in deepest mourning…".
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| Realized $350 |
