Archives InternationalAuctions,PartXIX
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May20, 2014
Archives InternationalAuctions
Ephemera - Presidential
ImportantContemporaryPresidential
BroadsideMemorializingLincoln’sDeath
415
415 LincolnMourningBroadside ca. 1865.
Lincoln, ThisMonument is
Inscribed in theHearts of theAmerican People...to theMemory of
AbrahamLincoln,SixteenthPresidentof theUnitedStatesofAmer-
ica, and theGreat Emancipator of FourMillions of aDown-trodden
Race. Noplace, nodate, [ca.1865?] Broadside, 17x23”. Minorwear
along folds, andedgewear.With several splits. Suitable for framing
and a fine piece during the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation. A starkmemorial broadsidemade upof an elegiac
text inavarietyof typessurmountedbyawoodcutUnionStarwithin
asimplemonumental form renderedwith rules, thewholesurround-
edbyaheavyblackborder. FromthedescendantsofJamesGarfield.
Not inMonaghanor theMcClellanCollection.Rareandhistoricdoc-
ument. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$500-1000
416
416 PresidentGarfieldísFuneralMarch.Copyright1881.
ByR.A.Saal-
field.Minorstainingand toning.A tribute to themartyredPresident.
Musical score. List of popularmusic on versa. Mourning cover Por-
traitofGarfield, 6pages, Fine. ������������������������������������������������Est.
$40-80
HistoricDocuments
CivilWar
417
417 CivilWar 1863-64Naval Discharge Papers andNotarizedClaim-
antForms for “PrizeMoney”due forSpoilsofWar.
1864, Included
is a claimby aCivil war sailor.WilliamH.Austin, who servedon the
U.S. SteamSloop the “Lackawanna”. During his term of service on
the “Lackawanna”, they captured the following vessels:TheSchoo-
ner “Sea Lion” onMay 9, 1863;TheSchooner “Hunter” onMay 18,
1863;TheBritishShip “Neptune”on June14, 1863;TheConfederate
Ship “Planter” on June 15, 1863. The documents go on to say that
“Austin”...is entitled to share in theprizemoneyoccurring from the
capture of said vessels.” A significant artifact of theWar Between
the States. Scarce in complete format, minor splits, archivally
repaired. �������������������������������������������������������������������������Est.
$1000-2000
Artwork
NewYork
418
418 Cartoon: Jenkins, Burris “RichestNationonEarth”.
Handdrawn
political cartoonof a stockmarketpessimist child surroundedbyhis
toyscryingaboutover-pricedstocks. 16by12 inches,VF.�����Est.
$80-160
