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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 24 September 1864. 1 page, folio, PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, blue paper seal of the United States at left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States," beneath which an American eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia, with small legend "Engraved by C.H. Throop, Wash. City," accomplished in manuscript, accomplishment and signatures slightly faded, otherwise in good condition. President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton brevet Thomas M. Vincent Lieutenant Colonel "for meritorious and faithful service..." [With:] 17 other documents relating to General Thomas M. Vincent's military career, including 1 ALS and 4 DS by Sec. of War Edwin M. Stanton, 2 DS by Sec. of War Simon Cameron and 2 autograph manuscripts by Vincent of his reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln (both n.d., 9 pp., folio and 18 pp., 8vo), and his autograph essay entitled "Thoughts on Washington and Our Ancestors" (n.d., 22 pp., 4to, rectos only). (18)

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Engraved document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 24 September 1864. 1 page, folio, PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, blue paper seal of the United States at left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States," beneath which an American eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannon and other military paraphernalia, with small legend "Engraved by C.H. Throop, Wash. City," accomplished in manuscript, accomplishment and signatures slightly faded, otherwise in good condition. President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton brevet Thomas M. Vincent Lieutenant Colonel "for meritorious and faithful service..." [With:] 17 other documents relating to General Thomas M. Vincent's military career, including 1 ALS and 4 DS by Sec. of War Edwin M. Stanton, 2 DS by Sec. of War Simon Cameron and 2 autograph manuscripts by Vincent of his reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln (both n.d., 9 pp., folio and 18 pp., 8vo), and his autograph essay entitled "Thoughts on Washington and Our Ancestors" (n.d., 22 pp., 4to, rectos only). (18)