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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Letter signed ("A Lincoln") as President-elect, to J.D. Mansfield, TEXT IN THE HAND OF MARY TODD LINCOLN, Springfield, Illinois, 26 November 1860. 1 page, 8vo.
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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Letter signed ("A Lincoln") as President-elect, to J.D. Mansfield, TEXT IN THE HAND OF MARY TODD LINCOLN, Springfield, Illinois, 26 November 1860. 1 page, 8vo.
"Dear Sir - Herewith I send you my autograph which you request. Yours Truly. A. Lincoln." During the hectic period following the election of November 6, Mary often took upon herself the duties of secretary to Lincoln. The President-elect and his wife had been in Chicago since November 21 and returned by train to Springfield on the evening of the day this letter is dated.
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"Dear Sir - Herewith I send you my autograph which you request. Yours Truly. A. Lincoln." During the hectic period following the election of November 6, Mary often took upon herself the duties of secretary to Lincoln. The President-elect and his wife had been in Chicago since November 21 and returned by train to Springfield on the evening of the day this letter is dated.
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sale Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.