Raynor HCA 2014-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/1/2014
Rare assassination announcement from Pella, Iowa. Measures 5-1/4" x 7-1/2", toning at the right and bottom edge caused from being in an album, else fine. The piece reads in part: "RESOLUTIONS, Adopted in a Public Meeting at Pella, Marion County, Iowa, Wednesday, April 19th, 1865.Whereas, The Wicked spirit of rebellion has succeeded, by murder and assassination, in throwing a jubilant nation in mourning, killing the honored head of our national government and inflicting serious and mortal wounds on our Secretary of State, his sons and attendants, the loyal citizens of Pella, deeply grieved, and mourning, have Resolved, That we acknowledge in Abraham Lincoln the genuine embodiment of true democracy, and a model of an upright, honest, unselfish, kind-hearted, wise and moderate American statesman, whose memory will live in the hearts of all true and honest citizens, not only in our beloved country, but also in the whole civilized world.” We can find no other examples of this rare assassination broadside/handout ever being offered at auction. The only other reference of this notice is in the "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln", by William Seward, published in 1867. This scarce piece, which was printed four days after Lincoln's death, comes from the estate papers of Ira J. Stoddard whose father, Ira Childs Stoddard was the Baptist pastor in Pella.
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