Lincolniana from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Abraham Lincoln's granddaughter, the youngest of Robert Todd Lincoln's three children; mother of Mary Lincoln Beckwith and Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, the last two direct Lincoln descendants. Partly-printed ADS, 1p, 6¼" X 2 3/4", Washington, DC, 7 January 1936. Near fine. Check printed in pale pink drawn on The Riggs National Bank, made out entirely in Randolph's hand in… Read more about this item

This attorney from west central Illinois rode the judicial circuit with Abraham Lincoln; in 1858, when William "Duff" Armstrong (son of Lincoln's New Salem friend Jack Armstrong) was charged with murder, Lincoln represented him -- and Shaw served as co-prosecuting attorney; Armstrong was acquitted and it became one of the better known cases of Lincoln's law career. The first… Read more about this item

16th president of the United States. Partly-printed AD, 2pp (recto and verso), 7 3/4" X 13", Appalonia Precinct, IL, 1840 November. Near fine. Minor, even age toning. Lincoln ran for elector in the William H. Harrison vs. Henry Clay presidential election of 1840. He failed to get elected as elector, though the Whig candidate Harrison won. In this poll… Read more about this item

This Belarus-born American sculptor is well known for his many powerful working figures showing the strong social realism of his era, but his full-length Lincoln statue in Cleveland is by far his most famous. ALS, 1p, 7¼" X 10½", New York, NY, 5 March 1941. Address to noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Near fine. Faint original folds.… Read more about this item

This American historian and academic won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for his "John Hay: From Poetry to Politics"; he also edited the 1939 "Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay." TNS, 1p, 7¼" X 10½", Hague, NY, 23 June 1941. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar). Near… Read more about this item

This Swiss-German author's biographies were widely popular in many languages -- among them are Lincoln, Napoleon, Jesus, Bismarck and Goethe. On the message side of a glossy 5¼" X 3¼" heavy stock photograph of Ludwig writing at a desk, he boldly pencils: "Thanking for / kind wishes. / Ludwig / Lucerne / 3.3.40 / Greatings [sic] to your /… Read more about this item

Famed director of the Department of Lincolniana at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, and author of numerous Lincoln studies. TLS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Fort Wayne, IN, 1959 March 9. Addressed to noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Near fine. On letterhead of "The Lincoln National Life Foundation," which cites him as director, McMurtry… Read more about this item

This prominent New York attorney was a noted Lincoln scholar, author of the 1954 "Three Lincoln Masterpieces"; charter member and vice president of the noted Civil War Round Table of New York and namesake of the prestigious Benjamin Barondess Award for new Civil War titles. TLS, 1p, 8½" X 11", New York, NY, 1958 May 5. Addressed to Arnold… Read more about this item

Group of 6 unusual postal covers created by Lincoln scholar Thomas I. Starr (1903-65), noted Lincoln scholar from Detroit, Michigan, whose publications include "Lincoln Belonged to a Great Fraternity" (1936), "A Lost Speech of Abraham Lincoln" (1936) and "Lincoln's Kalamazoo Address Against Extending Slavery" (1941). Six identical 6½" X 3½" envelopes, each bearing the then-new 3-cent Lincoln stamp at… Read more about this item

Noted Abraham Lincoln authority remembered for titles such as "Lincoln in Caricature," "Lincoln Among His Friends," "What Lincoln Read" and "Uncollected Works of Abraham Lincoln." Good content TLS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Elmira, NY, 1947 January 10. Addressed to Joseph L. Eisendrath Jr., a noted Lincoln and Civil War collector from Illinois and one of the founders of the… Read more about this item

Chicago philanthropist and renowned Lincoln collector whose 7000 item Lincoln collection became one of the cornerstones of the Library of Congress's Lincoln collection. ALS, 1p, 6" X 7", Chicago, IL, 1946 September 5. Addressed to Edward Jacobs. Fine. Thanks the Peoria Lincoln publisher for "the beautiful and well designed New Salem item.... I shall, with pleasure, add it to… Read more about this item

First professor of fine arts at the University of Michigan. ANS, 1p, 9" X 11¼", n.p., 1867 December 22. Addressed to "Dear Sister." Good. Some age toning and mildly soiled; professionally silked. Brief, poignant note transmitting a portrait of Lincoln (not present): "As Christmas this year finds me in poor health, with very little money, not wishing to forget… Read more about this item

American historian, director the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum from 1956 to 1973 and author of more than 200 articles, pamphlets and books about Lincoln. ALS, 3pp (separate leaves), 8½" X 11", Lincoln Memorial University letterhead, Harrogate, TN, 1941 July 11. Addressed to noted Lincoln scholar ARNOLD F. GATES (1914-93). Near fine. McMurtry replies graciously to some… Read more about this item

This prominent New York attorney was a noted Lincoln scholar, author of the 1954 "Three Lincoln Masterpieces"; charter member and vice president of the noted Civil War Round Table of New York and namesake of the prestigious Benjamin Barondess Award for new Civil War titles. TNS, 1p, 8½" X 11", New York, NY, 1951 November 20. Addressed to CARL… Read more about this item

American historian and author ("Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln," "Lincoln the President") considered by many the greatest Lincoln scholar of the 20th century. ALS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Urbana, IL, n.d. Fine. Titled "Memo," a list of several Civil War books to be sent him, no doubt for research on one of his books; cancels previous Lincoln book ordered. Pencilled… Read more about this item