Auction Date:2011 Oct 12 @ 18:00 (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 handwritten endorsement on an off-white 2.5 x 2 vertically lined slip; Lincoln writes, “Let this man take the oath of Dec. 8, 1863 & be discharged. A. Lincoln, March 8, 1865.” Slip is affixed to an identical size slip. Uniform toning, some light spreading to the ink, show-through from writing on reverse, and a few creases, otherwise very good condition.
The “oath of Dec. 8, 1863,” the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, sought to bestow pardon upon those Confederate supporters who swore to “faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and...abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves...” This endorsement is dated four days after President Lincoln took his second oath of office, again reiterating the importance of this proclamation in his Inaugural Address: “Let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” This endorsement marks the honor and dedication with which Lincoln served his country, and his unflinching ability to embrace forgiveness and unity.
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