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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

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Auction Date:2011 Jan 12 @ 16:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
War-dated manuscript DS as president, one page both sides, 10.5 x 16.5, May 15, 1863. An official letter of state addressed to “to whom all these presents shall come.” In full: “Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, prudence and abilities of Thomas H. Clay, Minister Resident of the United States to Honduras, I have invested him with full and all manner of power and authority, for and in the name of the United States, to meet and confer with any person or persons duly authorized by the Government of that Republic, being furnished with like power and authority, and with him or them to agree, treat, consult, and negotiate of and concerning friendship, commerce and navigation between the United States and Honduras, and all matters and subjects connected therewith, and to conclude and sign a Treaty or Treaties touching the premises; transmitting the same to the President of the United States for his ratification by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.” Signed at the conclusion by Lincoln, and countersigned by Secretary of State William Seward. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, old tape toning to a repaired central horizontal fold lightly affecting the tops of several letters of signature, some professional repairs and strengthening to portions of folds, uniform light toning to front, as well as a few heavier spots to edges. The large embossed seal is crisp and intact.

As a member of the Kentucky legislature, Thomas Hart Clay—the son of Lincoln’s hero and mentor, Henry Clay—strongly opposed every resolution to take Kentucky out of the Union. His leadership efforts were successful in convincing the state legislature to pass a neutrality resolution, halting plans for Kentucky to secede. Rewarding Thomas Hart Clay for his loyalty, Lincoln selected the son of his fellow Whig compatriot as America’s representative in Honduras—a nation the president saw as an important ally. In 1862, Lincoln wrote in his State of the Union Address of the importance of such an alliance and the ‘more friendly sentiments...by these neighbors, whose safety and progress are so intimately connected with our own. This statement especially applies to Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru, and Chile...’ In 1865, the Senate approved a treaty ‘of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Honduras.’ Clay served as Minister Resident to Honduras until 1866 when a successor was named by President Andrew Johnson. Rare and unusual in this format!
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