Exceptionally bold ink signature, "A. Lincoln," on an off-white 3.25 x 2 clipped slip, with the address of Senator Charles Sumner penned below in Lincoln's hand: "Hon. Charles Sumner, 212 F Street, bet. 14 & 15." In fine condition, with some small stains, not affecting the choice signature.
The leader of the 'Radical Republican' faction, the ardently abolitionist Sumner criticized President Abraham Lincoln's policies toward the South as too moderate. Sumner's residence on F Street—a short walk from the White House—is documented in the Washington Post's 'A History of the City of Washington, Its Men and Institutions,' edited by Allan B. Slauson: 'Senator Sumner, whose first lodgings were on E street, just above Sixth, found, upon his return, just before the war, an abiding place on F street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, where he remained for many years.' A superb Civil War association piece.
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