Legislative Obsequies of President Lincoln 1865 Legislative Honors Volume / SOLD

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Legislative Obsequies of President Lincoln

1865 Legislative Honors Volume

 

Original 1865 memorial volume titled Legislative Obsequies of President Lincoln, formally issued as Legislative Honors to the Memory of President Lincoln following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This important work documents the official response of the New York State Legislature to Lincoln’s death and preserves the language of national mourning in the immediate aftermath of April 1865.

 

The volume includes the message delivered to the Legislature by Governor Reuben E. Fenton, formally announcing Lincoln’s death on April 15, 1865, along with legislative proceedings, resolutions, and commemorative observances held in his honor. These pages capture the raw emotion and gravity felt at the state level during one of the most profound moments in American history.

 

Published in Albany by Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, and printed under the direction of J. B. Cushman, Clerk of Assembly, this example contains approximately 118 pages, bound in original period cloth with gilt-stamped title on the front board.

 

A powerful memorial volume offering a direct contemporary account of the legislative mourning for President Lincoln.

 

Inventory Number: HIS 295