[PRESIDENTS] LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, Washington, 20 April 1861, countersigned by William SEWARD ("William H. Seward"). 1 page, oblong folio (248 x 390 mm.), very good. An appointment of a Philadelphia postmaster; –[LINCOLN, President Lincoln’s Farewell Address to his Old Neighbors, Springfield, 12 February 1861. New York: The American News Company, [1865]. 1 page, broadside folio; –GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881) Letter signed (“J. A. Garfield”) to J. A. Smith, Mentor, Ohio, 15 July 1880. 1 page, 4to, remnants of mounting along left edge of verso, docketed on verso; –CLEVELAND, Grover (1837-1908). Typescript, unsigned, heavily corrected in Cleveland’s hand, n.d. [ca. 1894]. 3 pages, folio, virtually every line bearing significant corrections in Cleveland’s hand. Some 200 words in holograph. Cleveland braces for the descent of Coxey’s Army.
[PRESIDENTS] LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, Washington, 20 April 1861, countersigned by William SEWARD ("William H. Seward"). 1 page, oblong folio (248 x 390 mm.), very good. An appointment of a Philadelphia postmaster; –[LINCOLN, President Lincoln’s Farewell Address to his Old Neighbors, Springfield, 12 February 1861. New York: The American News Company, [1865]. 1 page, broadside folio; –GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881) Letter signed (“J. A. Garfield”) to J. A. Smith, Mentor, Ohio, 15 July 1880. 1 page, 4to, remnants of mounting along left edge of verso, docketed on verso; –CLEVELAND, Grover (1837-1908). Typescript, unsigned, heavily corrected in Cleveland’s hand, n.d. [ca. 1894]. 3 pages, folio, virtually every line bearing significant corrections in Cleveland’s hand. Some 200 words in holograph. Cleveland braces for the descent of Coxey’s Army.

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[PRESIDENTS] LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, Washington, 20 April 1861, countersigned by William SEWARD ("William H. Seward"). 1 page, oblong folio (248 x 390 mm.), very good. An appointment of a Philadelphia postmaster; –[LINCOLN, President Lincoln’s Farewell Address to his Old Neighbors, Springfield, 12 February 1861. New York: The American News Company, [1865]. 1 page, broadside folio; –GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881) Letter signed (“J. A. Garfield”) to J. A. Smith, Mentor, Ohio, 15 July 1880. 1 page, 4to, remnants of mounting along left edge of verso, docketed on verso; –CLEVELAND, Grover (1837-1908). Typescript, unsigned, heavily corrected in Cleveland’s hand, n.d. [ca. 1894]. 3 pages, folio, virtually every line bearing significant corrections in Cleveland’s hand. Some 200 words in holograph. Cleveland braces for the descent of Coxey’s Army.

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