Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2483Location: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), Signed document, July 10, 1864, one page, as President, on vellum, military commission issued to Michael Burdett as Hospital Chaplain, countersigned by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War, folio, (red ink staining in right margin and edge of text, folds, marginal toning and large light brown stain in the cartouche).
Estimate $3,000-5,000
red ink staining in right margin and edge of text, folds, marginal toning and large light brown stain in the cartouche