The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-24
LINCOLN COLLECTION
NOW ON EXHIBITION
Second Part Of Lambert Library
at Anderson Galleries Pre-
paratory to Sale.
CONTAINS 1900 ITEMS
Souvenirs Include Duplicates of
Emancipation Proclamation
and Amendment,

The second section Of the Lincoln COL
lection from the great library OF the late
william II. Lambert OF Philadelphia 10
now In the Anderson Galleries preparatory
TO tho sale. which begins April 1. Tho
frst division Of the collection was sold
last January and contained over a thou
sand items the present lot has moro than
thirteen hundred.
"A feature OF the library 10 . duplicate
UPON parchment paper OF the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation. signed by Abraham
Lincoln and William ii. Seward, both sig
natures attested to by John q. Nicolay.
secretary to President Lincoln II seems
that fifty duplicates OF the proclamation
were made at the request OF George IL.
Boxer. who had been a conspicuous advo-
cate of abolition before the war. and
every copy was signed by the President
British Museum. the gift OF Mr. Boxer.
Only one copy has been sold at auction
and that was over twenty years ago.
There is also duplicate OF the Con-
stitutional Amendment, signed by Schuy-
Ter Colfax. Speaker OF the House OF Rep
restntatives: II. Hamlin. Nice-President
OF the United States Edward Mcpherson,
clerk OF the House Of Representatives. all
except Ave OF the Senators and all except
1--WE OF the Representatives who voted for
the amendment
Bound In with II 10 a document from
d. q. Purse Of Savannah. who records
that At an auction In that city fifteen
years ago the manuscript was purchased
In a bundle OF old curtains and other rub
bish from an owner who had attached no
value to II. Another letter from a dealer
attests to the genuineness of the signatures
and document. Among the signatures are
those Of Senators Ten Eyck OF New Jer-
sey. Il. d. Morgan OF New York. Charles
Sumner OF Massachusetts, John +. Hale OF
New Hampshire and John sherman OF
Ohio. Among the Representatives who
voted for the amendment are James A.
Garfield OF Ohio. james f. English OF
Connecticut. Schuyler Colfax, James @.
Blaine. W. y. washburn and X. B. Van
Valkenburgh.
Ono Of Abraham Lincolns letters,
written as early as 1856. attests that
Lincoln did not wholly sympathize with
the abolitionists in the beginning. After
the formation OF the Republican party In
that year, the leading abolitionists. in
Guiding owen LoveJoy Joined IL. thus
alternating some OF the adherents OF the
old parties whe were born In the South.
When the Ottawa convention nominated
Loyejoy over Leonard SWEET. Lincoln
wrote 20 II. G. Whitney. July ., 1856: 1T
turned me blind when I first heard SWEET
was beaten and Lovejoy nominated: but
after much anxious reflection I really be-
lieve It is best to let 1t stand. This, OF
course. wish to be confidential. ."
There are three interesting letters by
Mrs. Lincoln another leaf from Lincoln 4
Sum Book, with eleven examples and
two rules written in full by him, and over
200 photographs OF the martyred Presi-
dent. The collection OF medals is n large
one. and has been divided into four
groups, relating to the first campaign,
the second campaign. the assassination
and to the Lincoln Centennial.
The relics include IA presentation cane,
n lock of Lincolns hair. and two chairs
used by the President In the White House.
There are also broadsides. .ulogies. ser
mons. memorial addresses and number
of letters written about Lincoln by the
prominent men of that period.