LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Autograph free frank ("A. Lincoln") as President, on envelope (letter not present) addressed in Lincoln's hand to "Mrs. Captain [Abner] Doubleday New York," n.d. [probably between 4 March 1861 and 14 April 1861], large, indistinct black circular "Washington City D.C. Free" datestamp, very slight surface soiling . FRANKED TO THE WIFE OF THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND AT FORT SUMTER Captain Abner Doubleday was second-in-command to John Anderson at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor (it was he who fired the first answering round on 12 April when the Confederate bombardment began). During the secessionist's blockade of the U.S. garrison the rebels allowed the Union forces to send and receive mail, via courier. It is quite likely, therefore that the present cover must have been sent sometime after Lincoln's inauguration on 4 March and the Union garrison's surrender (on April 14) and return to New York soon after. Lincoln may have taken the unusual step of personally forwarding letters received from garrison officers during the blockade to their families. No personal letters from Lincoln to either Captain or Mrs. Doubleday are recorded in Collected Works , ed. Basler, including the Supplements.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Autograph free frank ("A. Lincoln") as President, on envelope (letter not present) addressed in Lincoln's hand to "Mrs. Captain [Abner] Doubleday New York," n.d. [probably between 4 March 1861 and 14 April 1861], large, indistinct black circular "Washington City D.C. Free" datestamp, very slight surface soiling . FRANKED TO THE WIFE OF THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND AT FORT SUMTER Captain Abner Doubleday was second-in-command to John Anderson at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor (it was he who fired the first answering round on 12 April when the Confederate bombardment began). During the secessionist's blockade of the U.S. garrison the rebels allowed the Union forces to send and receive mail, via courier. It is quite likely, therefore that the present cover must have been sent sometime after Lincoln's inauguration on 4 March and the Union garrison's surrender (on April 14) and return to New York soon after. Lincoln may have taken the unusual step of personally forwarding letters received from garrison officers during the blockade to their families. No personal letters from Lincoln to either Captain or Mrs. Doubleday are recorded in Collected Works , ed. Basler, including the Supplements.
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