Abraham Lincoln

Civil War-dated ink signature as president, “A. Lincoln, Feb. 20, 1864,” on an off-white 3.75 x .75 slip. In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraving of Abraham Lincoln with a facsimile signature. According to ‘Lincoln Day By Day: A Chronology, 1809-1865,’ on February 20, 1864, the ‘President attends Mrs. Lincoln's regular Saturday afternoon reception,’ and, as noted in the ‘Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln,’ on this date Lincoln forwarded an endorsement to Edwin Stanton, his Secretary of War, on a letter from Edward Cooper and Judge Henry Cooper of Tennessee, regarding a prisoner of war, ill with tuberculosis, at Camp Morton, Indiana. Lincoln wrote: ‘I specifically request that you will see Judge Cooper and allow him to take his brother home with him.’