Auction Date:2011 Dec 07 @ 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
ADS, signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 7.5 x 2.25, August 18, 1852. Document referring to the estate of his father-in-law, Robert S. Todd. In full: “Received of George B. Kinkead by N[inien] W. Edwards two hundred and eighty four dollars 43/100 from the estate of R. S. Todd subject to be released, or so much thereof as may hereafter be legally required.” Framed with a color portrait of Lincoln, to an overall size of 14 x 17. In very good condition, with central horizontal and vertical fold, a few creases, and some scattered light toning and foxing.
After Robert S. Todd, Lincoln’s father-in-law, died of cholera in 1849, Todd’s son George challenged his father’s will. The Todd sisters retained Lincoln to resist the afront and preserve the original will, an area in which Lincoln was extremely well-versed. This document heralds from Lincoln’s legal heyday; in 1852, he had recoiled from the Whig Party, seeking solace as a ‘prairie lawyer.’ From 1851 through 1860 he would try 175 cases before the Illinois Supreme Court. It was also during this time that he gained the confidence of a substantial client—the Illinois Central Railroad.
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