Abraham Lincoln, His Cabinet and Contemporaries. Leatherbound volume containing 102 pages with 224 autographs of all major Union government figures of the Civil War, first page starts with Abraham Lincoln, which is dated "Washington D.C. January 28, 1862", with "Yours truly" and date also in his hand, others include Hannibal Hamlin (on other side of Lincoln's, dated Jan. 29, 1862), Simon Cameron (Sec. of War), William Seward, Gideon Wells and other key members of the Cabinet, followed by Senators (42 out of 50) including Henry Wilson and Andrew Johnson, then 170 of the 180 members of the House of Representatives including William Wheeler and Schuyler Colfax, most of the signatures at the beginning are on individual pages, others are grouped with three to five per page, binding split and a few loose pages

A RARE AND DESIRABLE BOUND BOOK CONTAINING AUTOGRAPHS OF ALMOST ALL OF THE MAJOR UNION GOVERNMENT FIGURES IN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES, INCLUDING ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Based on the dates of office of the members of Congress, this book must have been assembled between December 1861 and February 1862. The date on Lincoln's autograph is the same date that General Order No. 1 was issued, authorizing the advance of Union forces.

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