Lot 183
Weik, Jesse W (1857-1930) Author of The Real Lincoln, A Portrait (1922); he collaborated with William H. Herndon on The Life of Lincoln (1889). Typed Letter Signed on personal stationery, 1 p, 11x8½", Greencastle, Indiana, 7 Jan. 1914. Fine; light toning. To "Mr. Pillsbury"; marked "Confidential." Weik writes about his meeting with Illinois Senator Lyman Trumbull in 1889. In part: "…Trumbull…criticised Nicolay and Hay saying they…had fallen into old notion that Lincoln had opened way for freedom of slaves whereas Congress had really done it by two laws passed long before Emancipation Proclamation was issued.…" Interesting content.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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