Partly-printed DS as president, signed "Abraham Lincoln," one page, 19.75 x 13.75, September 30, 1864. President Lincoln officially recognizes Friedrich Kuhne as "Consul of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, at New York," declaring him free to exercise "such functions, powers and privileges as are allowed to Consuls by the Law of Nations or by the Laws of the United States." Boldly signed at the conclusion in ink by Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State William Seward. The official embossed paper seal affixed to the lower left remains intact. In fine condition, with a minor split to the top of the central vertical fold; Lincoln's signature is exceptionally crisp and bold, and the document as a whole is especially clean and neat. It is certainly one of the finest Abraham Lincoln presidential documents that we have come across in recent memory.
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