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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Clipped Signature, "A. Lincoln," mounted to upper edge of Autograph Letter Signed by his son, Robert Todd Lincoln.

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Clipped Signature, "A. Lincoln," mounted to upper edge of Autograph Letter Signed by his son, Robert Todd Lincoln. The clipped signature, likely removed from a check. 1 1/4x2 3/4 inches; faint scattered staining. The letter, to Robert T. Lincoln's law partner Edward Swift Isham, sending his father's autograph. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; faint scattered staining, horizontal folds. Np, nd; letter: Chicago, [3 January 1878]

  • Notes: "I am very glad to gratify young Mr. Pellew, so far as I can.
    "I have nothing with my father's signature attached except some returned checks from one of which I have cut the enclosed. . . ."

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