Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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 ALS, as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 7.25 x 5, Handwritten Executive Mansion letterhead, January 14, 1864. Lincoln writes to “Major General Meade, Army of the Potomac.” In full: “Suspend execution of the death sentence in the case of Allen G. Maxson, Corporal in Co. D. in the 1st Michigan Volunteers, until further order.” In very good to fine condition, with a central horizontal fold, scattered light toning, two small tape pieces and a vertical reinforcement to vertical edge on reverse, and a few creases and wrinkles.
After the victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, Lincoln ordered Major General Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac from June 1863-June 1865, to halt the execution of one of Meade’s corporals. Known for his violet temper and hostility towards the press, Meade commanded the army through the Overland Campaign, the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign and the Appomattox Campaign under the supervision of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
The true irony of this particular situation was that, ignorant to the pardon he would receive, Maxson escaped imprisonment, never to be heard from again! Published in Volume 7 of the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. The content is paramount, as it solidifies one of Lincoln’s most respected and honored characteristics: compassion.
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