A broadside printing of Lincoln’s famous letter to the Gen. McClellan urging him to strike a decisive blow to the rebel army during the Peninsular Campaign, apparently published in an effort to rouse public opinion and pressure the stalling McClellan into action. After the Union’s defeat at the First Battle.....
The first separate printing and first separate facsimile of Lincoln’s famed autobiographical sketch, originally composed in response to a request from his friend Jesse Fell, printed with a brief account by Fell of the circumstances under which it was written and extracts from a few of Lincoln’s speeches. Lincoln and.....
The proceedings of the 1860 convention that nominated Lincoln for President, perhaps the most consequential political convention in the history of the United States. Described by Monaghan as the “stenographic report.” Records the speeches, official roll, balloting, platform, etc. REFERENCES: Monaghan 76; Sabin 65894. CONDITION: Very good, removed from a......