1861 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Pencil Sketch of Lincoln Seated Writing by his Private Secretary, John Hay Pentecostal Including the Last Things of

Including the Last Things of His Mediatorial Government

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Photographer: James Huff of Greenwich

Now here is a gem

I have informed my people of my intentions to offer myself for the chaplaincy of the 23rd Iowa Infantry

1861 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Pencil Sketch of Lincoln Seated Writing by his Private Secretary, John Hay Pentecostal Including the Last Things ofThis is an absolute gem. By descent in a family scrapbook containing much other Lincolniana and related material from the family of John Hay. This is an original sketch in the hand of John Hay, taken impromptu, of Abraham Lincoln resting beside a stump. It was likely during his campaign for the presidency, when he first grew his beard. They appear to have taken a roadside break and he is hard at work perhaps on a campaign speech or similar. Quite