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Auction: 284 - Bond, Share & Americana Mailbid & Internet Exclusive
Lot: 1163

[Lincoln]: Abram Wakeman American politician and businessman (1824-89); made himself President Abraham Lincoln´s eyes and ears in Democratic NYC during the Civil War; especially close with First Lady Mary Lincoln. Great patronage LS "Abram Wakeman," 1p, 4to, NYC, 2/22/1861. He writes prominent importer and Republican leader Elliot C. Cowdin, "I am about to apply for the Surveyorship of this Port - Presuming upon your uniform kindness and friendship. I beg to request from you a letter of commendation to the President Elect for this position. An early compliance...will lay me under a great personal obligation, which I shall ever be most ready to acknowledge..." Age-toned, with minor stains, otherwiseVG. At the outbreak of war, Cowdin would help found the Union League. Wakeman would serve as surveyor of the port, and also as postmaster, during the war. Estimate US$ 75-100

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