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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

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Auction Date:2011 Nov 09 @ 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, signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” on the reverse of the second integral page of a letter to Lincoln. The letter, written and signed by “Frederick B. Lilley,” one lightly-lined page, 7.75 x 10, dated April 25, 1864. The letter to Lincoln reads, in part: “I respectfully solicit the appointment of Assistant Pay–Master in the Volunteer Service. I am a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and believe that I possess the requisite qualifications.” On the reverse of the second page, Lincoln writes: “Let this appointment be made, if the service of another officer of that class can be made useful. A. Lincoln, May 6, 1864.” In very good condition, with partial separations along mailing folds and hinge, some light toning and soiling to endorsement panel, as well as some light toning to letter. A boldly penned example from a pivotal time of the Civil War. Years later, Lilly would later be arrested on bribery charges while serving as deputy auditor of the Post Office Department.