2005-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2005
MORGAN, Edwin Denison (1806-1881) New Yorker who actively supported the Lincoln administration, first as a Republican Governor 1859-1863, then as Senator 1863-1869. Autograph Letter Signed, "E.D. Morgan" 2p. octavo, December 8, 1866, Washington, United States Senate Chamber, pertaining to a "memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, relative to the destroyed records of the United States District Court, for the Southern District of Mississippi…" About VG…plus; Autograph Letter Signed, "E.D. Morgan" 1p. quarto, April 4, 1868, United States Senate Chamber, Washington, pertaining to a "law of the North German Government". VG....plus; HAY, John (1838-1905) Hay began the practice of law with an uncle in Springfield, Illinois, where he became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. In 1861, he was appointed a private secretary of Lincoln, along with John Nicolay; both assiduously collected items of historical merit that would later serve as the basis of a biography of the president. Autograph Letter Signed, "John Hay" 1p. octavo, May 7, 1881, New York, on "New York Tribune" letterhead, declining an invitation of C.W. Bliss. VG....plus; PORTER, Horace (1837-1921) Union general; member of the commission for the Lincoln conspirators; ADCto Grant and Sherman, Secretary to President Grant, Medal of Honor winner, and author. Autograph Letter Signed, “Horace Porter”, 1p. octavo, ‘Executive Mansion” March 24, addressed to Asst. Secretary Conant, and reads “I should also like to have the endorsement you mention. Thanks for the document...” VG.
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