Lincoln, Abraham & Ulysses S. Grant Plus Over 200 Others, Lippincott & Co. Civil War Autograph Album Signed on the first page in ink by Lincoln ("A. Lincoln") and in pencil by Grant ("U.S. Grant"), who added, "Lt. Gen. USA," 7½ x 5½ in. Housed in a full blue calf box, 8¾ x 6 in., engraved with gold lettering on the front cover: "Abraham Lincoln / Ulysses S. Grant / With Lincoln's Cabinet 1864." Spine is engraved, "Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant / 1864."
A ticket of admission to the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, dated May 12th, 1868, is laid to the inside front cover. The members of Lincoln's cabinet have signed subsequent pages on the right side only, some with added words or dates:
William H.Seward,
Auburn [Ill, Secretary of State],
S(almon) P.Chase [Secretary of Treasury],
Edwin M.Stanton [Secreatry of War],
J(ohn) P. Usher, Indiana [Secretary of the Interior},
M(ontgomery) Blair, Maryland [Postmaster General],
Gideon Welles, Connecticut [Secretary of the Navy],
Edw. Bates of MO [Attorney General],
H(annibal) Hamilin Wash., Mar 29, 1864.
Also included in this album are over two hundred autographs of Senators and Congressman of the period, including such luminaries as
Henry Wilson,
Lyman Trumbull,
Thomas A. Hendricks,
John Sherman,
Charles Schurz,
Benjamin Franklin Wade,
Schuyler Colfax,
James G.Blaine, and many other Civil War period legislators.
Several tickets of admission to the Columbian Exposition of 1893 are laid to the back pages of the album.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000
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