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Lincoln - 1865 New York Observer Newspaper & Others

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Political Memorabilia Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Lincoln - 1865 New York Observer Newspaper & Others
Newspaper featuring biographical articles, memorial poems, and news of Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Bears mourning borders between each column. Accompanied by an [2 1/8" H x 4 1/8"] admissions ticket issued by the Lincoln Dioramic Association, "To the Diorama of the Funeral Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln and Photographic View of Some One of the Remarkable Scenes Represented by the Diorama". Along with a printed circular letter on stationary imprinted "Office of the Republican State Central Committee, Austin Building, 75 Chapel Street, Up Stairs, Room No. 5," New Haven,Conn., March 24, 1860, 8vo, 1page. Letter issued to members of the nascent Republican Party alerting them to take advantage the waning Locofocoism movement. Condition varies widely, all sold together as is.