Unique extra-illustrated book: Promises of the Declaration of Independence: Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln by Charles Sumner. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. Leatherbound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 61 pages plus tipped-in letters and ephemera, including: five types of tickets for admission to the memorial services held for the late President Abraham Lincoln at the Boston Music Hall on June 1, 1865; an ALS by Charles Sumner; engravings of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, and others; the program for the City of Boston's memorial services honoring Lincoln; and three letters by members of the committee who organized the event. Book condition: G/None, with the rear board cleanly detached and the front hinge reinforced with tape.
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