LS signed “Benj. Harrison,” one page, 4.75 x 8, personal letterhead, October 10, 1895. Letter to Osborn H. Oldroyd, one of the first collectors of Lincolnania, thanking him for "the copy of your book 'Words of Lincoln.'" In part: "I am particularly obliged to you for putting this book into my possession, as I might not otherwise have found it. There are treasures of wisdom and patriotism, and of hope and love in the words of Abraham Lincoln. He had a way of saying things that made us think more highly of our fellow men and more humbly of ourselves." Affixed to a same-size mount and in very good to fine condition, with light overall soiling.
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