^Lot 65 Abraham Lincoln

Hand-notated United States Military Telegraph envelope panel, 8.25 x 3.75, addressed in an unknown hand to “Hon A. Lincoln, President, US,” and notated vertically along the left side by Lincoln, “Joshua Woodrow O.” In fine condition, with rough top edge, show-through from mounting remnant along bottom edge of reverse, scattered light toning, and light pencil remnants under Lincoln’s notation. In 1845, Joshua Woodrow had married Margaret Todd Stuart, Mary Todd Lincoln’s first cousin.