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Lot 487

Sale 5372 - Rare Books & Manuscripts
Apr 10, 2014 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Lincoln, A[braham]. Autograph Letter Signed.
Springfield, IL, Nov 12, 1860. 1p, 8vo; moderate creasing along old folds. To Charles Cleveland, Esq., thanking him for the gift of a "very beautiful volume ... of which you are the author." Body of letter just starting to brown & fade, signature dark & clear, with horizontal crease through the middle of the "A's" & top of the "L's" in signature. Framed with india-proof engraved portrait by Timothy Cole. Executed & signed as the elected president of the United States.

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