LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2006 October Grand Format Autographs #629  / 

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Lincoln Friends, Associates Autograph Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Lincoln Friends, Associates Autograph Collection
<B>Abraham Lincoln Friends & Associates Autograph Collection.</B></I> Eight interesting items including: <B>Dr. Francis Regnier</B></I>- a friend and neighbor of Lincoln in New Salem (1837 ADS); <B>Coleman Smoot</B></I>- another New Salem resident and friend of Lincoln's (1837 DS); <B>Edward Everett</B></I>- shared the speaker's platform with Lincoln at the Gettysburg dedication (1862 ALS); <B>Ward Hill Lamon</B></I>- personal friend and often bodyguard to Lincoln (1859 ALS); <B>James Rutledge</B></I>- father of Ann Rutledge, organized the debating society where Lincoln developed his public speaking skills (1830 ADS, fair condition); <B>Stephen T. Logan</B></I>- Lincoln's second law partner (1852 ADS); and <B>Edward D. Baker</B></I>- Lincoln's friend and political associate, for whom Lincoln named his second-born (AES at bottom of an 1840 Stephen T. Logan ADS). An excellent grouping of people who admired and befriended the great Abraham Lincoln. Overall fine condition except as noted. <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I>
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