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Sale 6441 - Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln
May 21, 2025
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LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Reports from the Joint Select Committee to Enquire into the Condition of the State Bank of Illinois, together with the Accompanying Documents, Made to Both Houses of the General Assembly. January 21, 1840. Springfield: William Walters, 1840.
8vo. Eight loose quires; spotting; in quarter morocco slip case and chemise.
FIRST EDITION. Lincoln was one of seven members of the joint select committee investigating the state bank and was concerned with the efforts of the bank to divert Galena's lead trade from St. Louis to an Alton merchant. The Committee closed its investigations on 20 January 1840. Monaghan 3. Not in Byrd.
Provenance:
Louise Taper, Beverly Hills, California
Property from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation