Lot 79
Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States, 1861-1865. Bound Autograph Album Signed "A. Lincoln" as President, also signed by Lincoln's 20-year-old son Robert Todd Lincoln, his Secretaries of State William H. Seward and War Edwin M. Stanton and 14 others, 12 pages 5.5 x 8.5", [Washington, D.C,] circa 1863-1864, modern brown leather half-binding over marbled boards and title "SIGNATURES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS CABINET" stamped in gilt on the spine, two raised bands, Very Fine.Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
AN EXTRAORDINARY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM INCLUDING SIGNATURES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, HIS SON ROBERT TODD LINCOLN, AND BY HIS CABINET INCLUDING SECRETARIES OF STATE AND WAR, WILLIAM H. SEWARD AND EDWIN M. STANTON.
Signed "A. Lincoln" as President, eldest son "R.T. Lincoln" and "Jno G. Nicolay, Priv. Sec." on first sheet, Secretary of State "William H. Seward, Auburn" and Secretary of War "Edwin M. Stanton, Washington" on verso of first sheet, Secretary of the Treasury "S.P. Chase, Ohio", assistant to Treasury Secretary Chase "M.B. Field, New York", Treasurer of the United States "F.E. Spinner", Deputy Comptroller of the Currency "S.T. Howard", Register of the Treasury "L.E. Chittenden" and Comptroller of the Currency and later Lincoln's last Secretary of the Treasury "Hugh McCulloch" on second sheet, Secretary of the Navy "Gideon Welles, 30 Jany 1864" on third sheet, Secretary of the Interior "J.P. Usher, Secy of Interior" and Postmaster General "M. Blair, PMG" on fourth sheet, Vice President "H. Hamlin, Dec. 22, 1863" and Secretary of the Senate "J.W. Forney" on verso of fifth sheet, and Speaker of the House and later Grant's V.P. "Schuyler Colfax, Speaker H.R.U.S." and Clerk of the House "E. McPherson, Gettysburg, Pa., Clerk H.R." on verso of sixth sheet. Three blank sheets before and after the signed pages.