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William H. Seward Signed Resolution of Congress: Presenting a Volume Commemorating Condolences Received in the Wake of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION * PSA * William Seward Signed Congress Resolution
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American Secretary of State during the Lincoln administration who was severely injured in an attack that was part of the assassination conspiracy, William Seward, document signed as Secretary of State, transmitting a memorial volume presented as a gesture of thanks to those who shared in mourning the fallen president, Abraham Lincoln—"I transmit a copy of a volume, which you will please accept from this Government as a Testimonial of the grateful appreciation by the People of the generous expressions of condolence and sympathy in the late National Bereavement".
Desirable finely bound government-issued, limited release book The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward... Inside the volume is the original letter and Resolution of Congress signed by Seward authorizing the distribution of the volume. This volume represents one of the most historically significant categories of Seward-signed material, issued in direct response to the assassination of President Lincoln and the ensuing national bereavement.
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In September of 2024, a similar letter from Seward accepting thanks for condolences in the wake of the Lincoln assassination brought $5,375!
The partly-printed DS from Seward is neatly affixed within one of the front free endpapers. The document is two page, 8 x 10, the first of which is dated December 10, 1867, and represents an official letter from the U.S. Department of State, issued to “The Municipal Council of Stratford-upon-Avon, England,”. The second page is an original copy of the Resolution of Congress which made provisions for printing the volume and distributing it.
Adjacent to the Seward document is an affixed transmittal letter presented to the Municipal Council of Stratford-upon-Avon on behalf of Benjamin Moran, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States at London, dated July 23, 1868. Moran expresses his thanks on Behalf of the United States and forwards the volume to the Council.
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1867. Hardcover in a cloth library binding with marbled edges, bound in dark blue cloth, 9.5 x 12.25, 930 pages. The printed letter of condolence from the Municipal Council of Stratford-upon-Avon can be found on pages 430 and 431. The frontispiece is an engraved portrait of Lincoln bearing a facsimile signature.
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