PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN - ENGRAVING UNSIGNED - HFSID 175398
Sale Price $315.00
Reg. $380.00
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Unsigned b/w engraving of Lincoln seated and looking right in a
tuxedo, with facsimile signature
Unsigned engraving. B/w, 4x6 engraving on 8½x11 page, one surface.
Captioned under engraving: "Abraham Lincoln/President of U.S.A/New
York G. P. Putnam". With facsimile signature "A.Lincoln".Future
American president Lincoln (1809-1865, near Hodgenville, Kentucky), on
the advice of Whig legislator (and future law partner) John Todd Stuart,
became a lawyer in 1836. In 1837, Lincoln moved to Springfield, where he
became a partner in Stuart's law firm. From 1834 until he left for
Washington, D.C. as President-elect, Lincoln's law offices were located above
Seth Tinsley's store in Springfield. Lincoln, who became one of the most
respected and successful lawyers in Illinois, handled some 5,100 cases and
appeared before the Illinois State Supreme Court over 400 times over his 23-year
legal career, which also included a long association (1844-1865) with
another partner, William Henry Herndon. Before being elected President,
Lincoln also served in the Illinois State Legislature (1834-1841) and one
term (1847-1849) as a U.S. Congressman. He's best known, of course, as
the 16th president of the United States (1861-1865), and especially as
the Union's president during the Civil War (1861-1865) and writer of the
Emancipation Proclamation. He was actively involved in military planning,
swapping generals to find an aggressive commander of the Union army. Though his
involvement cost the Union an early loss at the First Battle of Bull Run, his
policies of blockading and overwhelming the Confederate army with superior
numbers would eventually win the day. His primary objective was to reunite
the United States, not end slavery. However, he signed the Emancipation
Proclamation in 1863 in response to rising abolition feelings in the Union.
He was shot while sitting in Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC by John Wilkes
Booth on April 14, 1965, only a few months after being sworn in for his second
term as president and only two days after the Confederate Army's official
surrender, and died the next day. He was succeeded by vice-president Andrew
Johnson. Lightly toned and soiled. Small scratches on engraving. Small tear on
left side. Small piece has been torn out of page on left. Otherwise in fine
condition.
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