{"product_id":"abraham-lincoln-psa-his-personal-autograph-album-signed-emancipation-day-1","title":"ABRAHAM LINCOLN * PSA * His PERSONAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM Signed * EMANCIPATION Day","description":"\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLINCOLN'S PERSONAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM FROM THE DAY OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, SIGNED AND GIFTED TO A YOUNG SOLDIER, AS DOCUMENTED IN A CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 57, 243);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrongr\u003e\u003c\/strongr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cpre data-hook=\"description\" class=\"skK8UF\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; text-overflow: ellipsis;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrongr\u003e\u003c\/strongr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrongr\u003e\u003c\/strongr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PERSONAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e, gifted to a young soldier [Theodore Wurts] while visiting the White House. An incredible American artifact, the 16th President began collecting the signatures of key dignitaries, cabinet and Congressional officials seemingly to mark the momentous occasion of the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln had only recently purchased the book at the local stationery and bookstore, just a short walk from the White House. The book is signed with an ownership signature by Wurts as well further solidifying the provenance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrongr\u003e\u003c\/strongr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eAccording to the newspaper article discussing the autograph album:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\"Abraham Lincoln began an autograph album while he was in the White House and that he gave it to a boy friend, much interested in autographs, is not generally known...Mr. Lincoln, learning also that [he] was so interested in autographs showed the young man a small blank book of autographs which he had begun by placing his own name on the first page, followed by H. Hamlin...S.P. Chase, Gideon Welles...A.H. Foote...Thaddeus Stevens, and Schuyler Colfax...\" - The Republic, Sunday, July 27, 1902.  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eThe article was widely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003erepublished throughout the United States at the time where it was reported that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: Tahoma; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\"\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eLincoln signed the first page of his album, and then had the next eight autographs (on five pages) signed for him\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\"\u003e – \u003c\/font\u003ewith the exception of C.A. Dana, dated 1865.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" color=\"#0039f3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lincoln autograph has been thoroughly reviewed and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA\/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION. 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Wurts, who was one of the \"Wide Awakes\" who contributed to Lincoln's 1860 Presidential campaign, a group described as comprised of \"young men of character and energy, earnest in their Republican convictions...\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003eOn September 12, 1862, Wurts enlisted in the 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania, Company C, later known as \"The Wurts Guard.\" After surviving the Battle of Antietam, Wurts was mustered out of the 13th Regiment on September 26, 1862, after which he enlisted in the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry on November 13, 1862. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: Tahoma; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); white-space: normal;\"\u003eWurts eventually left the army, serving in a variety of civilian jobs before beginning a career in civil engineering in 1864.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: Tahoma; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003e Wurts' ownership signature along with the signature of his son appears in the beginning of the autograph album.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: Tahoma; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003eThough Lincoln's signature is certainly the cornerstone of the collection, other notable autographs include Lincoln's Secretary of War, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eEDWIN M. STANTON\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e; Vice President \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eHANNIBAL HAMLIN\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e; Secretary of the Treasury \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eSALMON P. CHASE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e; Secretary of the Navy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eGIDEON WELLES\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e; Navy Rear Admiral \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eA.H. FOOTE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eTHADDEUS STEVENS\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a potent political shepherd of the Emancipation Proclamation; U.S. Speaker of the House \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eSCHUYLER COLFAX\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e (later VP under Ulysses S. Grant); Assistant Secretary of War \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eC.A. DANA\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003ethe liaison between the War Department and General Grant; Congressman, NY Governor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eR.E. FENTON\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e; Senators \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eJ.R. DOOLITTLE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eD. WILMOT\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e famous for authoring the \"Wilmot Proviso\" in 1846 which would have banned slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican-American War, or in the future; Massachusetts Senator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eCHARLES SUMNER\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e and Illinois Senator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eLYMAN TRUMBULL\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e who co-wrote the 13th Amendment prohibiting slavery; poet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eRALPH WALDO EMERSON\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e, and more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eA total of 91 autographs on 96 leaves.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: Tahoma; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003eBeyond the newspaper account, Lincoln's autograph album is noted to have been, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003eLoaned by John S. Wurts for exhibition at the Pennsylvania Bar Association, November 1901-June 1902.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-large; white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 57, 243); font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The basis of this collection is a volume containing autographs collected by President Lincoln, and presented to a relative of Mr. Wurts, by the President.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(S\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003eee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003eReport of the Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e1902, p. 179)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32);\"\u003eLater, while re-enlisted with the 177th Pennsylvania Regiment, Wurts would also gather signatures from his fellow soldiers, most while the regiment was stationed at Deep Creek in the second quarter of 1863. 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The Lincoln autograph album has been fully rebound, conserved and repaired while retaining the original full brown morocco covers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal;\"\u003edecorated in blind emboss and pictorially stamped in gilt on front board, rebacked, tips renewed; all edges gilt; endpapers renewed; scattered minor soiling to sheets, consistent with age, use and handling; two sheets at rear excised; original bookseller's ticket laid down on rear paste-down (\"Hudson Taylor \/ No. 334 Penn[sylvania] Avenue \/ Washington City\"). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSeveral signatures with penciled identification in a later hand, possibly by his son, John S. 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