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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Autograph endorsement signed ("A.Lincoln") as Representative for Illinois, Washington, D.C., 7 December 1847. 3 lines and signature, on a folio sheet consisting of two separate sheets neatly attached at one edge to form one sheet, 540 x 200mm. (21 1/4 x 8 in.), two small tears at folds, otherwise in good condition.
LINCOLN IN CONGRESS, 1847: A PETITION JOINTLY SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ALEXANDER STEPHENS (THE FUTURE CONFEDERATE VICE-PRESIDENT) AND 48 OTHERS IN SUPPORT OF A HOUSE LABORER
An impressive petition. At the top is a letter written by Pennsylvania Representative Chester Butler, addressed to R.E. Horner, requesting that a laborer, John Raub, be retained in his present job at the House because he "is a worthy young man" and because his widowed mother is dependant upon him. Beneath, 11 Pennsylvania Representatives have signed, and on the attached sheet, appear the signatures and endorsements of 39 others. Lincoln writes: "I concur, on the faith of what the above named gentlemen have said..." Alexander H. Stephens, later Vice-President of the Confederate States of America endorses:"I should be pleased to see the applicant retained Alex H. Stephens." Published in Collected Works, 1:417; Miers, Lincoln Day by Day, p. 296).
Provenance: Oliver R. Barrett (sale Parke-Bernet, 19 February 1952, lot 41).
LINCOLN IN CONGRESS, 1847: A PETITION JOINTLY SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ALEXANDER STEPHENS (THE FUTURE CONFEDERATE VICE-PRESIDENT) AND 48 OTHERS IN SUPPORT OF A HOUSE LABORER
An impressive petition. At the top is a letter written by Pennsylvania Representative Chester Butler, addressed to R.E. Horner, requesting that a laborer, John Raub, be retained in his present job at the House because he "is a worthy young man" and because his widowed mother is dependant upon him. Beneath, 11 Pennsylvania Representatives have signed, and on the attached sheet, appear the signatures and endorsements of 39 others. Lincoln writes: "I concur, on the faith of what the above named gentlemen have said..." Alexander H. Stephens, later Vice-President of the Confederate States of America endorses:"I should be pleased to see the applicant retained Alex H. Stephens." Published in Collected Works, 1:417; Miers, Lincoln Day by Day, p. 296).
Provenance: Oliver R. Barrett (sale Parke-Bernet, 19 February 1952, lot 41).