2024-01 Raynors Americana Auction
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February 16, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, 38th Congress, Executive Document No. 19, a "Message from the President of the United States," Signed in the printed type by Abraham Lincoln, Complete, Extremely Fine. 38th Congress, Executive Document No. 19 titled, "Message from the President of the United States", Signed in type by "Abraham Lincoln" and also by Secretary of State "William H. Seward". Measures about 5.75" x 8.75", 16 pages, Official Imprint very clean with only some faint humidity tone at the front page bottom edge. In this Imprint document, President Lincoln transmits to Congress "a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying papers, relative to the law case filed claim on this government of the owners of the French ship La Manche, and recommend an appropriation for the satisfaction of the claim, pursuant to the award of the arbitrators". The French ship La Manche was illegally captured by a U.S. Naval Vessel, in 1862, under the erroneous conclusion that she had running the blockade, and here Lincoln and Seward ask Congress to award the owners of the ship, as well as the crew and officers, the amount awarded by arbitrators for damages. Contents are tight. A scarce historic naval related Imprint.
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