8vo album with half leather and marbleized paper boards, 180 numbered pages, of which 147 are affixed with newspaper clippings and other ephemera. First page is calligraphed In Memory of Abraham Lincoln, the second with a stanza of John Greenleaf Whittier's To The Memory of Thomas Shipley, the third affixed with an albumen print of Lincoln from a carte-de-visite, followed by an engraving of The Early Home of Abraham Lincoln. The first newspaper clippings relate to Lincoln's 1861 and 1865 inaugural addresses, and are followed by scores of reports of Lincoln's speeches and actions ca 1860-1865, with a particular focus on abolition-related content, as well as updates on the Civil War. Of special note are a report of Lincoln's address at Gettysburg, updates in the final days of the war, and several mourning ruled reports on the assassination and funeral, followed by CDV-sized prints of Lincoln's tomb and his Springfield home draped in black, the former taken by Ridgway Glover, the latter most likely taken by Glover as well. Pamphlets affixed within the volume include The Sleeping Sentinel, 19pp; and An Address on the Character and Example of President Lincoln, Delivered Before the Athenaeum and Everett Society of Haverford College, by Prof. Thomas Chase, July 6, 1865, Philadelphia, Sherman & Co., 1865, 35pp. AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: In reference to the two unmarked CDV-sized prints of Lincoln's tomb and his Springfield home draped in black described above, the former was taken by Ridgway Glover (1831-1866), and the latter was most likely taken by Glover as well. After photographing Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, with the backing of the Smithsonian Institution, Glover headed west to Fort Laramie for the 1866 Fort Laramie Council, which was intended to be an Indian Peace Conference. With a strong desire to photograph the Western frontier, Glover would venture out into the wilderness during his free time to document his surroundings. In the Fall of 1866, Glover accompanied Colonel Carrington to Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming, and despite the advice he received to never wander off alone and unarmed, he did just that and was ambushed by Lakota and Cheyenne warriors within a few hundred yards from the fort. On September 16, 1866, Glover was discovered face down with a tomahawk in his back and his hair scalped. (Information obtained from "Tragic Eyewitness: The Photography of Ridgway Glover," by Frederick Chiaventone, published in Cowboys & Indians Magazine, March 2010.) Condition: Covers worn, and leather of spine missing. Pages and clippings with soiling and scattered stains, however all text is legible.
8vo album with half leather and marbleized paper boards, 180 numbered pages, of which 147 are affixed with newspaper clippings and other ephemera. First page is calligraphed In Memory of Abraham Lincoln, the second with a stanza of John Greenleaf Whittier's To The Memory of Thomas Shipley, the third affixed with an albumen print of Lincoln from a carte-de-visite, followed by an engraving of The Early Home of Abraham Lincoln. The first newspaper clippings relate to Lincoln's 1861 and 1865 inaugural addresses, and are followed by scores of reports of Lincoln's speeches and actions ca 1860-1865, with a particular focus on abolition-related content, as well as updates on the Civil War. Of special note are a report of Lincoln's address at Gettysburg, updates in the final days of the war, and several mourning ruled reports on the assassination and funeral, followed by CDV-sized prints of Lincoln's tomb and his Springfield home draped in black, the former taken by Ridgway Glover, the latter most likely taken by Glover as well. Pamphlets affixed within the volume include The Sleeping Sentinel, 19pp; and An Address on the Character and Example of President Lincoln, Delivered Before the Athenaeum and Everett Society of Haverford College, by Prof. Thomas Chase, July 6, 1865, Philadelphia, Sherman & Co., 1865, 35pp. AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: In reference to the two unmarked CDV-sized prints of Lincoln's tomb and his Springfield home draped in black described above, the former was taken by Ridgway Glover (1831-1866), and the latter was most likely taken by Glover as well. After photographing Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, with the backing of the Smithsonian Institution, Glover headed west to Fort Laramie for the 1866 Fort Laramie Council, which was intended to be an Indian Peace Conference. With a strong desire to photograph the Western frontier, Glover would venture out into the wilderness during his free time to document his surroundings. In the Fall of 1866, Glover accompanied Colonel Carrington to Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming, and despite the advice he received to never wander off alone and unarmed, he did just that and was ambushed by Lakota and Cheyenne warriors within a few hundred yards from the fort. On September 16, 1866, Glover was discovered face down with a tomahawk in his back and his hair scalped. (Information obtained from "Tragic Eyewitness: The Photography of Ridgway Glover," by Frederick Chiaventone, published in Cowboys & Indians Magazine, March 2010.) Condition: Covers worn, and leather of spine missing. Pages and clippings with soiling and scattered stains, however all text is legible.
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