Freeman's | Hindman: Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln, 6441, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 21, 2025 - May 21, 2025
Page Size: 144 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 LINCOLN, Abraham

The Congressional Globe. 16 May 1848.

1848 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,520.00
27 LINCOLN, Abraham

Speech of Mr. A. Lincoln, of Illinois, on the Presidential Question Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, July 21, 1848

1848 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 10,880.00
28 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln"), to John M. Clayton. Washington, D.C., 23 June 1849.

1849 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,360.00
29 LINCOLN, Abraham

Group of 3 Documents by Lincoln Relating to Mary Ann Jacobus vs. Kitchell & Kitchell, ca. 1851

ca. 1851 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 23,040.00
30 LINCOLN, Abraham

Lincoln's Share in the Alton and Sangamon Rail Road Company, Illinois, 27 August 1852.

1852 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
31 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph legal document in the hand of Lincoln signed by Moses Thorpe and J. Johnson, Clerk. Piatt County, Illinois, 11 October 1852.

1852 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,600.00
32 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Richard Yates, 14 January 1855.

1855 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 57,600.00
33 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Jesse O. Norton, 16 February 1855.

1855 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 229,100.00
34 LINCOLN, Abraham

DeWitt County Court Judge's and Clerk's docket book, Spring 1855-Spring 1860.

1855-1860. USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,600.00
35 LINCOLN, Abraham

Manuscript document, signed ("A. Lincoln"), and by over 180 Sangamon County citizens, June 1855

1855 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
36 LINCOLN, Abraham

Partially printed promissory note. Springfield, Illinois, 28 August 1855.

1855 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,920.00
37 LINCOLN, Abraham

Small archive related to the Bullock Land Transaction, Springfield, Illinois, 1855-1859.

1855-1859. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 38,400.00
38 HOWARD, Benjamin Chew

Dred Scott v. Sandford, First edition, 1857.

1857 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,160.00
39 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to Jesse K. Dubois, 13 September 1857.

1857 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,600.00
40 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter, signed ("A. Lincoln") to John Olney. Springfield, Illinois, 29 January 1858.

1858 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 19,200.00
41 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") to his client Haden Keeling, 3 March 1859.

1859 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
42

Commissioner's Sale of Valuable Negroes... ca. 1859.

ca. 1859. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 20,480.00
43 KEDDIE, William (1809-1877), editor.

Lincoln's Copy of Cyclopaedia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,160.00
44 LINCOLN, Abraham

The Doheny Copy of the Lincoln and Douglas Debates, Inscribed by Lincoln.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 57,600.00
45 LINCOLN, Abraham

Autograph document, signed ("Lincoln & Herndon fr.d."). Logan County, Illinois, filed 19 March 1860.

1860 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,960.00
46 [LINCOLN, Mary Todd

Mary Todd Lincoln's Copies of Life of George Washington, 1860.

1860 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,880.00
47 HILL, John

Lincoln's Abolitionism. A Searching Analysis. 1860,

1860, USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 8,320.00
48

Miniature Photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, ca. 1860.

ca. 1860. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 6,080.00
49

Republican Election ticket for Sangamon County, Illinois, 1860.

1860 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 7,680.00
50

Lincoln and Hamlin "Union" campaign lantern, ca. 1860.

ca. 1860. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,440.00
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