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Lot 104
Sale 6441 - Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln
May 21, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$6,080
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Lot Description
[LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882)]. Partially engraved invitation to a White House dinner. [Washington, D.C.], 13 February [1865].
1 p., 4to, accomplished in manuscript by Mary Todd Lincoln; invitation with light spotting; expected wear to envelope, including tears and occasional spotting; with original envelope with blind-stamped "L" on verso; addressed by Mrs. Lincoln to "Vice President Hamlin."
Mary Todd requests that "Vice President Hamlin" join the President and Mrs. Lincoln for dinner on "Monday Feb. 13th, at 7 o'clock."
The dinner was being held for Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), a Radical Republican, member of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, and frequent visitor to the White House. At the time that he received this invitation, Hannibal Hamlin was a lame-duck Vice President and was not often in Washington, D.C.
Invitations from the White House to Hamlin are rare.
Provenance:
Louise Taper, Beverly Hills, California
Property from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation
This lot is located in Chicago.