LINCOLN AbrahamABAA
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1861réf. 1308741861. Signed. LINCOLN Abraham. Document signed. Washington April 16 1861. One leaf 10 by 16 inches printed on one side and finished by hand with embossed seal. Matted and framed with a portrait entire piece measures 17 by 30 inches. $26500.Civil-War era document signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Simon Cameron appointing Arthur W. Fletcher to be the Brigade Quartermaster for the Militia of the District of Columbia just days after the Battle of Fort Sumter a time when those in Washington widely expected the city to be seized by secessionists.The document reads in part: ""The President of the United States of America to all who shall see these presents greeting. Know ye that reposing special trust and confidence in the abilities & integrity of Arthur W. Fletcher I do by these presents appoint him Brigade Quartermaster with the rank of Captain of the Militia of the District of Columbia: He is therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duties appertaining to his office as Brigade Quartermaster. And he is to observe and follow all such orders and directions from time to time as he shall receive from the President of the United States of America for the time being or other superior officers set over himÉ This commission to continue in force during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being and to date from the twelfth day of April 1861. Given under my hand at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-fifth. By the President: signed Abraham Lincoln. signed Simon Cameron printed Secretary of War."" Arthur Wellington Fletcher was a native of Maine; he is buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington. Tape repairs along fold lines. Lincoln signature large and bold. unknown books
1864réf. 1283471864. Signed. LINCOLN Abraham. Printed document signed: ship's papers. Washington DC: September 26 1864. Broadside measures 22 by 17 inches partially printed engrossed in manuscript original white wafer seal of the Presidency affixed; handsomely matted and framed entire piece measures 34 by 28 inches. $38000.A remarkable shipÕs passport signed by President Lincoln and his Secretary of State William Seward during the Civil War authorizing passage for the ship Illinois ""lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with provisions stores and utensils for a whaling voyage."" Written authorization to sail the high seas and dock at the country's harbors in the form of presidentially signed ship's papers was a valuable and desirable privilege. Before conferring such a license officials were charged with establishing the legitimacy of a vessel its cargo and its personnel and the ship's papers were intended to authorize a craft's mission and purpose. Printed in four columns with text in French Spanish English and Dutch. Toning to document edges from previous framing expert restoration to splits along folds and a few small holes affecting printing and secondary writing but not readability; Lincoln and Seward signatures unaffected. unknown
1864réf. 1283471864. Signed. LINCOLN Abraham. Printed document signed: ship's papers. Washington DC: September 26 1864. Broadside measures 22 by 17 inches partially printed engrossed in manuscript original white wafer seal of the Presidency affixed; handsomely matted and framed entire piece measures 34 by 28 inches. $38000.A remarkable shipÕs passport signed by President Lincoln and his Secretary of State William Seward during the Civil War authorizing passage for the ship Illinois ""lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with provisions stores and utensils for a whaling voyage."" Written authorization to sail the high seas and dock at the country's harbors in the form of presidentially signed ship's papers was a valuable and desirable privilege. Before conferring such a license officials were charged with establishing the legitimacy of a vessel its cargo and its personnel and the ship's papers were intended to authorize a craft's mission and purpose. Printed in four columns with text in French Spanish English and Dutch. Toning to document edges from previous framing expert restoration to splits along folds and a few small holes affecting printing and secondary writing but not readability; Lincoln and Seward signatures unaffected. unknown books
