Lot 284
Lincoln, Abraham. Partly-printed Executive Mansion Document Signed in full as President, Washington, D.C., July 8, 1863, 1 pg small quarto. President Lincoln issues a call for 2100 men from the Fourth District of Connecticut, as part of the first Connecticut draft call:
"I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy thereof, having taken into consideration the number of volunteers and militia furnished by and from the several States, including the State of Connecticut, and the period of service of said volunteers and militia since the commencement of the present rebellion, in order to equalize the numbers among the Districts of the said States, and having considered and allowed for the number already furnished as aforesaid, and the time of their service aforesaid, do hereby assign Two thousand and twenty-one as the first proportional part of the quota of troops to be furnished by the Fourth District of the State of Connecticut under this, the first call made by me on the State of Connecticut, under the act approved March 3, 1863, entitled 'An Act for Enrolling and Calling out the National Forces and for other purposes,' and, in pursuance of the act aforesaid, I order that a draft be made in the said Fourth District of the State of Connecticut for the number of men herein assigned to said District, and Fifty Per Cent. In Addition…."
Printed on laid paper with integral blank sheet. Light toning; otherwise Very Fine. Lincoln's signature is very strong. The last Lincoln draft call offered at auction sold for $15,000.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,500.
|
| |
| Unsold |
