We Mourn Our Country's Loss. 3 x 6 1/2 in. printed silk ribbon featuring portrait of Lincoln at center surrounded by black mourning border (toning, spotting, frayed edges).

[With:] National Intelligencer. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 18 August 1860. Vol. LXI, No. 9,050. With front page coverage of a visit and speech that Lincoln delivered while visiting friends in Springfield, IL. -- Utica Morning Herald and Daily Gazette. Uitca, NY: Ellis H. Roberts, 24 October 1860. Vol. XIII, No. 305. Contains front-page editorial on Lincoln likely going to the White House as the next president. -- National Intelligencer. Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 4 December 1860. Vol. LXI, No. 9,096. Contains coverage of the South's reaction to Lincoln's election. Together, 3 newspapers, condition generally good, with occasional spotting, toning, fold lines, edge and corner wear. -- 2 printed postcards memorializing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln (toning, edge wear and some loss).