Auction Date:2011 Sep 14 @ 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
Highly desirable Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company check, 7 x 2, filled out and signed by Lincoln, “A. Lincoln,” payable to Eli Kreigh for $3.70, February 4, 1860. An unobtrusive cancellation cut above the signature, and slightly affecting a couple letters of the signature, with a couple old spots of adhesive to reverse to prevent any further separation, some scattered light toning, and a punch hole to left side, otherwise fine condition.
Eli Kreigh was a store-owner in Springfield, Illinois, from whom the Lincolns—like their neighbors—purchased various wares. A few weeks after writing this specific check for a purchase, Lincoln left the Midwest for New York City, where he would deliver one of the most important addresses of his life—the Cooper Union speech—elaborating his views on slavery. Many historians maintain the presentation was responsible for making him president. This $3.70 acquisition was one of many made by the family, purchases that include a stove with which Mary Todd Lincoln was so enamored she sought to take it with the family to Washington, D.C.—an idea eventually quashed by her husband. A desirable Lincoln check written as he was about to dispel any doubts about his suitability for the presidency.
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