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Time table for the special train, conveying the funeral cortege with the remains of the late President. 2 May 1865.
Estimate: $800-$1,200
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Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln
Description

[LINCOLN'S FUNERAL].
Time table for the special train, conveying the funeral cortege with the remains of the late President from Chicago to Springfield. Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, 2 May 1865. 



2 pp.; 14 x 8 1/2 in. (355 x 215 mm). Printed time-table, enclosed in black mourning border; verso with printed instructions, signed in type by Robert Hale, General Superintendent. Creasing from old folds; scattered soiling; wear to edges.

RARE: OCLC locates one copy.

Provenance:

Louise Taper, Beverly Hills, California

Exhibition:

The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America, at the Huntington Library, October 1993-August 1994


Property from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Foundation