LINCOLN, Abraham, President and Andrew Johnson, President . Two autograph endorsements signed ("A Lincoln" and "Andrew Johnson") BOTH AS PRESIDENT, Lincoln's comprising 9 lines plus signature and date, Johnson's (in pencil) consisting of two lines with signature and date. [Washington D.C.], 10 March [Lincoln's] and 9 May 1865 [Johnson's].
LINCOLN, Abraham, President and Andrew Johnson, President . Two autograph endorsements signed ("A Lincoln" and "Andrew Johnson") BOTH AS PRESIDENT, Lincoln's comprising 9 lines plus signature and date, Johnson's (in pencil) consisting of two lines with signature and date. [Washington D.C.], 10 March [Lincoln's] and 9 May 1865 [Johnson's]. 12mo (5 x 2 7/8 in.), originally part of a larger sheet, folds strengthened on back. SIGNED BY BOTH LINCOLN AND JOHNSON AS PRESIDENT. A extremely unusual and rare conjunction of two Presidential endorsements. Six days after beginning his second term as President, Lincoln responds sympathetically to a request for the re-appointment of an officer, directing that "I have decided to make the change within asked for, but I wish Col. King to have a little time--a month or two if he chooses, an opportunity to offer a resignation if he prefers." Two months later, after Lincoln's death, the question of King's appointment has found its way back to the President's desk for final approval. Evidently, at the end of the two-month grace period Lincoln had accorded him, the Colonel had chosen to accept a new army appointment. Johnson unhesitatingly endorses his late predecessor's recommendation: "Let the appointment be made. May 9th 1865." Only a few paired endorsements of both Lincoln and Johnson have been offered at auction in recent years. The existence of these, most dated during Lincoln's last few days, provides an interesting window on the daily procedures in the Lincoln White House. From them we can deduce that certain Presidential directives had been endorsed and signed by Lincoln but not forwarded to the appropriate departments by his secretaries (Hay and Nicolay) by the end of the workday on 14 April 1865. After Lincoln's death, in order to ensure that those orders were carried into effect, these were re-endorsed and signed by President Johnson (for an example of one dated 14 April, see Christie's, 15 December 2005, lot 264, $28,000). The present document, on the other hand, is unusual for the two months span between the endorsements, directly the result of Lincoln's provision for a two-months hiatus for King to ponder his appointment.
LINCOLN, Abraham, President and Andrew Johnson, President . Two autograph endorsements signed ("A Lincoln" and "Andrew Johnson") BOTH AS PRESIDENT, Lincoln's comprising 9 lines plus signature and date, Johnson's (in pencil) consisting of two lines with signature and date. [Washington D.C.], 10 March [Lincoln's] and 9 May 1865 [Johnson's].
LINCOLN, Abraham, President and Andrew Johnson, President . Two autograph endorsements signed ("A Lincoln" and "Andrew Johnson") BOTH AS PRESIDENT, Lincoln's comprising 9 lines plus signature and date, Johnson's (in pencil) consisting of two lines with signature and date. [Washington D.C.], 10 March [Lincoln's] and 9 May 1865 [Johnson's]. 12mo (5 x 2 7/8 in.), originally part of a larger sheet, folds strengthened on back. SIGNED BY BOTH LINCOLN AND JOHNSON AS PRESIDENT. A extremely unusual and rare conjunction of two Presidential endorsements. Six days after beginning his second term as President, Lincoln responds sympathetically to a request for the re-appointment of an officer, directing that "I have decided to make the change within asked for, but I wish Col. King to have a little time--a month or two if he chooses, an opportunity to offer a resignation if he prefers." Two months later, after Lincoln's death, the question of King's appointment has found its way back to the President's desk for final approval. Evidently, at the end of the two-month grace period Lincoln had accorded him, the Colonel had chosen to accept a new army appointment. Johnson unhesitatingly endorses his late predecessor's recommendation: "Let the appointment be made. May 9th 1865." Only a few paired endorsements of both Lincoln and Johnson have been offered at auction in recent years. The existence of these, most dated during Lincoln's last few days, provides an interesting window on the daily procedures in the Lincoln White House. From them we can deduce that certain Presidential directives had been endorsed and signed by Lincoln but not forwarded to the appropriate departments by his secretaries (Hay and Nicolay) by the end of the workday on 14 April 1865. After Lincoln's death, in order to ensure that those orders were carried into effect, these were re-endorsed and signed by President Johnson (for an example of one dated 14 April, see Christie's, 15 December 2005, lot 264, $28,000). The present document, on the other hand, is unusual for the two months span between the endorsements, directly the result of Lincoln's provision for a two-months hiatus for King to ponder his appointment.
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