Photostatic copy of letter from Abraham Lincoln to Thaddeus Stevens asking for the honest opinion of a Pennsylvania politician regarding the Pennsylvania vote for governor and president. Lincoln asks Stevens to send his response to Springfield, Illinois. Washington, D.C.
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Front page of the Saturday, April 15, 1865, of "The New York Herald" newspaper (Vol. XXX, No. 104) with an ink profile of President Abraham Lincoln, top center. 6 columns of print detail the assassination and death of President Lincoln as well as an account of a second assassination attempt of Secretary Seward and the wounding of his son, Frederick Seward, who was trying to defend his father in the Seward home.
Jefferson Davis' Last Proclamation (April 5, 1865) and "The Evacuation of the Rebel Capital" from Danville, VA (printed in the Danville, VA, Register) also appear on this page.
On the reverse is a large ad for GRAIN-O, non-caffeinated coffee manufactured by The Genesee Pure Food Co. of Le Roy, N.Y. Editor James Gordon Bennett has written "Assassination of President Lincoln and Attempt to Assassinate Secretary Seward." Accounts of Sherman's movements appear. Additional advertisements include Kemp's Balsam cough cure and Lane's tea as remedy for constipation.
Some stains in left margin and on lower left corner. A few small tears on lower right edge. Two missing (worn) section in upper right margin above 'LD'. Horizontal and vertical fold marks are not too noticeable. This page was carefully stored flat.
Alexander Hood Esq., / Born July 22nd, 1806, Died May 24,1875. / Editor and Proprietor of the Lancaster / Union 1839-42. Collector of / Internal Revenue
(Grand Uncle of Mrs. D.B. Landis) / Alexander H. Hood / Read law with T. Stevens / and / made 17 campaign speeches / for / Abraham Lincoln / in Lancaster County."
Blue ribbon held by gold-colored metal pin with profile of Lincoln in oval at top. "Alternate/ 1948" with bunting below. Ribbon is looped to hold a metal medallion with eagle on top of "Philadelphia." Liberty bell is centered below with "Republican National Convention" surrounding it.
Carbon Print of Abraham Lincoln, showing head and shoulders in jacket and tie in sepia tones in an oval on a gold background (4 in x 5.5 in) bordered in black. Glass over print. One quarter inch frame with one sixteenth inch gold inner border; rest is a textured brown tape from front, around sides, and covering three eighths inches on back securing back, print and glass. A wire loop, top center is attached to a leaf-shaped fabric tag. Pasted to back is a paper strip: "Genuine Carbon Print, hand painted in Actual Metal Colors -- CARBON CLOISONNE. Will not tarnish nor fade: Price....."
Transom window from President Abraham Lincoln's funeral car. Frosted glass has wheel-engraved foliate design. Two hinges attached at one side of painted wood frame.
edited and introduced, and with a new pref. by Mario M. Cuomo and Harold Holzer ; with essays by Gabor S. Boritt ... [et al.] ; afterword by Frank J. Williams.
Woman, man and dog in front of log cabin. "We visit Kentucky. 1930. Where Lincoln's father and mother were married."
Provenance
Black paper album in poor condition and several loose photographs of Kneisly family gravestones and family landmarks in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Compiled in the 1910s.
Small brown leather album of carte de visites and tintypes. Very few are identified. Small card in album reads: "Presented to me in Oct. 1952 by Mr. James F. Spears, Robesonia, Pa., father in law of John Snyder. C. H. Martin".
