Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-05
OLD LINCOLN RELICS.
Interesting Sale of Souvenirs of the
Martyred President.

| interesting Sale OF Souvenirs OF the
Martyred President.
From the Philadelphia Record
| The Lincoln memorial collection which
was on exhibition at the worlds fair and
consisted of law books and furniture from
Lincoln's law Office and furniture from his
old home at Springfield, Ill, was sold at
auction. The few buyers present did some
lively bidding, and the sale realized
50, 566.25.
Among the buyers the most prominent
were Judge Pennypacker, Maj. William
H. Lambert and Louis c. Vanuxem, the
latter two being active competitors and
securing between them practically all the
articles of real value. The highest price
| paid for single article, with but one ex-
ception, was $40 for the old hickory chair
| In which Mr.. Lincoln was seated when he
received the telegram announcing his nomi-
nation for the presidency of the United
States by the Chicago convention. This
| chair is made of hickory withes, with a
hoop-pole seat, and was for years used as
| repository for exchanges in the office of
the Springfield Journal. It was bought by
Mr. Vanuxem.
Good Price for n Table.
large walnut table used by Mr.. Lin
coin in his law Office and a double-door
walnut book case resting upon 1t, two
pieces brought $16O, and a large, round
NSSA
when he wrote his famous speech, "The
House Divided Against ITSELF" sold for $50,
Major Lambert buying the three pieces.
The antique mahogany sofa, made to Mr..
l.incoln's order in Springfield by Daniel E:
Ruckel. in 1887, and which, on account of
his stature, was made unusually long, sold
for $3.50, the highest price realized for any
one piece in the collection. Six antique
side table, with white marble top, $3.50,
and plate-glass mirror, $50 These were
all of Mr.. Lincolns parlor furniture at
the time he left Springfield to take the
presidential chair, and the entire lot was
bough by Mr.. Vanuxem.
Mr.. Lincoln's law library, consisting of
twenty-five volumes. was disposed of for
s44S, and all but one volume was sold to
Mr.. Vanuxem. The single exception was
Mr.. Lincoln's first law book, containing the
Declaration of Independence, Constitution
stitution of Indiana and various acts pass
ed by it's state legislature during the ses-
sion of 1924. 1t was sold for $780, not
withstanding the fact that it was minus a
portion of the back and the title pages.
The purchaser was William H. Winters,
the librarian of the New York Law Insti-
tute Among some of the other prices paid
We're $57 for Chittys Treatise on Pleading
and PARTIES three volumes; $50 for Kents
Commentaries" four volumes; $65 for
Story's Commentaries on Equity Juris-
toms Treatise on Criminal Law" and $40
for Redfields TREATISE Upon the Law of
Railways"
Autograph Documents Sell Well.
Among the autograph documents high
priced group was one of three pieces which
sold for 500, and was secured by Mr.. Van
GXem. These documents were closely inter-
woven, and form an interesting anecdote
in the life of Lincoln. The first was an
autograph letter written by Lincoln Octo-
Der 3, 1858, to NJ Brayman, president of the
Illinois Central railroad, Offering his Serv
ices as attorney for the company in suit
brought against it by the county of Nc
Lean.
The second was Lincolns autograph copy
of his bill for legal services rendered the
Illinois Central Railroad Company in its
suit, which was in December, 1855.
The bill for 5000 to which Lincoln
the Illinois bar, who certify to the amount
not being unreasonable-Grant Goodrich,
N. B. Judd, Archibald Williams. N. II.
Purple o. H. Browning and r. S. Black
well.
The third was the check for $3.50 given
him as retainer. If successful Mr.. Lin
coin was to be paid a fee of $1,000 After
carrying the suit through the Supreme
Court and gaining 1t he presented a bill |
for the unpaid part of his fee. 1t hap |
pened that President Brayman was alb |
sent. and Mr.. Lincoln was referred with |
his bill to the superintendent of the COM |
pany, who refused to pay 1t, remarking at |
the same time: THAT is as much as a |
frst-class lawyer would charge The gen. |
tleman who spoke thus disparagingly of |
the service of a future President of the |
United States was General George b. Nc |
Clellan, who at that time was superintend- |
ent of the Illinois Central railroad.
The original fee book of the law firm of |
Lincoln & Herndon for the year 1S47 sold |
for $50, and the marriage certificate of |
Lincoln was knocked down at $40