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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN, 21-26 DECEMBER 1862
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AN IMPORTANT EXCHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE AFTER THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN, 21-26 DECEMBER 1862
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865); FRANKLIN, William B. (1823-1903). An important exchange of military correspondence between Lincoln and two of his generals, including: FRANKLIN, William B. Autograph transcription of a letter sent by him and William F. Smith to Abraham Lincoln, [Virginia,] (21 December 1862). Five pages. * LINCOLN, Abraham. Letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as President responding to Franklin and Smith's earlier letter, Washington, 22 December 1862. Body of the letter in the hand of Lincoln's secretary, John G. NICOLAY. One page, 250 x 197mm, bifolium, on Executive Mansion letterhead. * FRANKLIN, William B. Autograph letter draft signed with initials ("WBF") responding to Lincoln's letter, Head Quarters Left Grand Division, 26 December 1862. One page, 250 x 197mm. [With:] envelope annotated by Franklin "Correspondence with the President of the United States. December, 1862".
Seven leaves total, various sizes, ranging 250 x 197mm to 290 x 189mm. The first leaf of each manuscript is housed in a frame with the envelope.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN, 21-26 DECEMBER 1862
LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865); FRANKLIN, William B. (1823-1903). An important exchange of military correspondence between Lincoln and two of his generals, including: FRANKLIN, William B. Autograph transcription of a letter sent by him and William F. Smith to Abraham Lincoln, [Virginia,] (21 December 1862). Five pages. * LINCOLN, Abraham. Letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as President responding to Franklin and Smith's earlier letter, Washington, 22 December 1862. Body of the letter in the hand of Lincoln's secretary, John G. NICOLAY. One page, 250 x 197mm, bifolium, on Executive Mansion letterhead. * FRANKLIN, William B. Autograph letter draft signed with initials ("WBF") responding to Lincoln's letter, Head Quarters Left Grand Division, 26 December 1862. One page, 250 x 197mm. [With:] envelope annotated by Franklin "Correspondence with the President of the United States. December, 1862".
Seven leaves total, various sizes, ranging 250 x 197mm to 290 x 189mm. The first leaf of each manuscript is housed in a frame with the envelope.
來源
General William B. Franklin (1823-1903), thence by descent
acquired from the above by Joseph Rubinfine
Sotheby's New York, 27 January 2020, lot 2131
Nate D. Sanders Auctions, 26 March 2020, lots 11, 135, and 136
acquired from the above by Joseph Rubinfine
Sotheby's New York, 27 January 2020, lot 2131
Nate D. Sanders Auctions, 26 March 2020, lots 11, 135, and 136
出版
Franklin and Smith's letter is printed in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Volume XXI: 868–70.
Lincoln's letter is published in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:15-16.
Franklin's reply is not listed in the Lincoln Papers, though a retained copy is preserved in the Benjamin F. Butler Papers.
Lincoln's letter is published in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:15-16.
Franklin's reply is not listed in the Lincoln Papers, though a retained copy is preserved in the Benjamin F. Butler Papers.
榮譽呈獻
Peter Klarnet
Senior Specialist, Americana
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