^#1540 ^Lot 1598 Lincoln Assassination

ALS signed “Jim,” six pages, lightly-lined on both sides of three sheets, 4.5 x 7.25, April 27, 1865. Letter from James Livingston to his father. In part: “The death of the President made it gloomy here for a while and for three or four different days, business was all closed…When we got to Troy on our way home, we found a terribly excited crowd at the Depot. The Provost Marshall there had been notified that it was thought Booth was on the train, and the people got wind of it…The doors to the cars were locked and no one was allowed to get off until a thorough search had been made. I was glad I did not answer to his description I tell you, for it would have fared hard with a fellow supposed to have been him to have fallen into the hands of that crowd.” In fine condition, with a vertical fold and a mild shade of toning.