The Washington times., 1914-01-05
RELICS Or LINCOLN
SOON TO Be SOLD
Lambert Collection Now on
View at Anderson Galleries
in New York.


other objects associated with his mem,
ory from the famous library of the
late Major William Fl. Lambert. oI
Philadelphia, is on view in the galleries
of the Anderson Auction Company al
Madison avenue and Forti,.A street ant
will be sold there in afternoon and
evening sessions. beginning on jan
uary Il, The collection cmbTaces more
than l,O00 numbers.
The interest of collectors probably
viii center in the manuscripts and orr
Einal letters, of which there are many
Of great Importance. not oGly throw.
ing light on the inception ard growth
of the political ideas back of the eman-
cipation of the slaves but also many
that have a remarkable Interest as
bearing upon Lincoln's personal char
acter.
There are, for example, tWenty-twG
autograph letters TO Lyman Trumbull
written in the period Of 1SJb-6l. covering
the organization of the Repubhcah
party. They give many interesting oe-
tails of his contests with Douglas, a
fling at Horace Greeley and his opinions
of many of the great men OF the day.
Before his Inauguration. in letter TO
Trumbull, Lincoln, for the first unle
probably, threatened actual hosulIties
toward the South, saying: dispatches
have come here two days IN succession
that the forts in South Carolina VIII
he surrendered DN OGutA. III NOAlsNAAN -
least, of the President. 1 can scaFCeiS
believe this, but if ii prove true Will
II our friends in Washington concur
announce publicly at once that they
are to be retaken after the inaugural
ton. This will give the Union men
rallyinr cry and preparations VIII pro-
ceed somewhat on this side as well as
on the other" This letter was written
from Springfield on December "a
Scrap Book Made By Him.
A scrap book which tCucbes upon a
vital argument of the days before the
WEI was made by Lincoln for the use
of his friend, Capt. James N. Brown,
of Sangamon county. who found it diff
ficult 10 answer the charges Of Douglas
and his followers that IincOln's aim
was to put negroes on par with white
voters. He wrote TO Lincoln that he
felt sure these charges were false. Lin
coin made up this book to define his
position clearly and Captain Brown
mainder of the campaign, reading from
it frequently in public as "Lincoln's
own words on the question"
On the inside of the front cover Of the
scrap book Lincoln wrote: The fol-
lowing extracts are taken from various
speeches of mine delivered at various
times and places, and / believe they
contain the substance of all have ever
said ABOUT negro GqudillN- mere
are various manuscript notes and an
autograph letter TO Brown occupying
eight pages of the book and signed b.
Lincoln, in which he says: Il do moi
perceive how 1 can express myself more
plainly than I have done in the fore
going extracts. In four OF them l have
expressly disclaimed any intention To
bring about social and political equality
between the white and black races and
in all the rest have done the same
a1e
Lincoln relic Of extreme interest.
The much talked about letter to Mary
Owens is also here. It is dated April /
1888. He speaks about an agreement
which he made to marry a woman's sis
ter if she would bring her from Ken
lucky and Lincoln says, In a few days
we had an interview. 1 knew she was
oversize, but now she appeared a fail
match for Falstaff. / knew she was
called an old maid and / felt no doubt
Of the truth of at least half OF the
appellation, but now when l beheld hei
J could not for my life avoid thinking
Of my mother, ana this not from
witkered features. fer her skin was toe
fUll of fat TO permit of its contracting
into wrinkles, out from her want Oi
teeth and weatherbedten appearance ir
general and from tie kind Of notion
that ran in my head that nothing could
have commCncCi a :hc size Of infancy
and reached her present bulk in less
than thlrty-fivc or ICTtv years. and IN
short ] was not at all pleased with her,
Tut what could | do. Subsequently 2
proposal of marriage was made: she
answered No ana repeated the re-
fusal with greater frmless than be
fore. was finally forced to give It up,
at which i was very uueNDeCCedlE NOR
titled almost Sevond endurance and 10
cap the whole. I tNe7 for the iirst time
began TO suspect tiat ] was really a
little in love with her. but let II sc.
I'll try and oIJ!iVe IL 80
hos h-H II s-1F r--.
tatiOns. according Ia the standpoint or
the prejudice OF the writers. HerndCr
said, My idea IS that MIR Lincoln got
into one of his irresistible moods of
humor and fun-a state Of feeling into
which he frequently worked himself 10
avert the overwhelming effects Of his
constitutional melancholy. and IN the
Inspiration Of the moment penned this
fortunate composition" The letter is
accompanied hy documents showing. its
genuineness.
Rare Personal Relics.
Great as may be the interest Of col
lectors and writer's in these original
letters and data, there can be no doubt
that the popular attention will fastcn
upon the personal relics. which include
lock of LincOln's hair. This blood
stained lock WAS cut by one Of the at
tending surgeons, Charles G Taft
the assassin's bullet. From Dr. Taft's
son II went to Major Lambert. who
deemed il one of the Tarest items in his
great collection. 1t is preserved in a
substantial gold box, with an appru-
pirate inscription.
gold sleeve button that was worn
by the President and was broken BY
the surgeon in his haste to undo the
sleeve is also here. So. too, an ink
stand used by Lincoln for many years
IN his office in Springfield. Ill. the
black office chair from the same room
one Of LincoIn's canes, and numerous
other momeutOs Of him.
There are many busts and medal:
and not only the NOlk death mask. but
casts in bronze from both Lincoln,
hands. The medal Of greatest interes
is Roine's Lincoln centennial medal. the
first and only one struck in gold. 1t is
beautifully mounted on two pieces OF
black walnut, which were originally
part of the weather boarding OF the
Lincoln home in Springfield II is in
closed I'm a water silk envelope, and
with it is the original manuscript Oi
George Olcuts THE Medal Its Origin
and Its Symbolism the whole in.
closed in crimson morocco case, Will
= letter from Albert Edwards, the Gus.
tOdian of the Lincoln home.