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- Sale 1853
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Jun 21 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1853
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$300 – $500
Lot of 3 paper-bound orations delivered upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, including:
Abraham Lincoln, His Life, and its Lessons, A Sermon Preached on Sabbath, April 30, 1865. By Joseph P. Thompson, D.D. Pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church. New York, NY: 1865. 38pp, 5.75 x 8.75 in.
Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Delivered in Portsmouth, N.H. April 19, 1865. By Adoniram J. Patterson, Minister of the Universal Church. Portsmouth, NH: C.W. Brewster & Son, 1865. 30pp, 5.625 x 8.75 in.
The Great Funeral Oration of Abraham Lincoln, by Miss Emma Hardinge. Delivered Sunday, April 16, 1865, at Cooper Institute, New York, Before Upwards of Three Thousand Persons. New York, NY: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1865. 28pp, 5.75 x 8.75 in. Notably, one of the few sermons delivered by a woman. Emma Hardinge Britten (1823-1899) was a British orator, writer, and advocate for the early Modern Spiritualist Movement in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln, His Life, and its Lessons, A Sermon Preached on Sabbath: Repair along spine, with some surface soil and scattered areas of spotting.
Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Delivered in Portsmouth, N.H.: Toning and light surface soil, with minor wear to edges.
The Great Funeral Oration of Abraham Lincoln: Discoloration and staining, with tape repair along spine.
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