Printed broadside, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Text printed within black border.

Scarce broadside printing of a letter by Richard Oglesby, President of the Lincoln National Monument Association, transmitting adopted resolutions and announcing the establishment of the Association. Incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1867, the group was instrumental in the planning and construction of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1922.

"The said Association now appeals to you in the most urgent matter to exert all your influence towards the accomplishment of its purposes...to contribute to the erection of a monument to our lamented Chief Magistrate ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Let the nation by one simultaneous movement testify its regard for his exalted character; its appreciation for his distinguished services, and its sorrow for his death by erecting, to his memory, a monument that will forever prove that Republics are not ungrateful..."

Provenance:

Louise Taper, Beverly Hills, California