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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

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Auction Date:2010 Jun 16 @ 10:00 (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
Bid online at www.rrauction.com. Auction closes June 16.

Handwritten endorsement, “And the pl[ainti]ff doth the like—Pearson & Lincoln p.q.,” written in the lower left corner of a legal brief. The one-page brief on a lightly-lined sheet, written in another hand, measures 8 x 6.25, dated “April Term 1832,” and regards the case of Metcalf vs. Bennett. The defendant, through his attorney Cooper, claims that he is “not guilty of the said supposed several trespasses,” as alleged in Lincoln’s endorsement. Accompanied by a complete typescript from the Lincoln Library in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, this document was originally a part of the Henry E. Luhrs collection. Two horizontal folds, with small old tape repairs to both on reverse, a bit of scattered mild toning and foxing, and a small brush to end portion of text, otherwise fine condition. Lincoln began his political career in March 1832 at age 23, just one month after endorsing this document with his last-name-only, third-person signature, when he announced his candidacy for the Illinois General Assembly.