Presidential importance boosts US lots
Running to just 20 or so words, a tiny signed card in which Abraham Lincoln instructs Edwin Stanton to meet with the African-American abolitionist and officer Martin Delany in Washington led the bidding at Doyle (26/21/15% buyer’s premium) on September 23.
Reading “Hon. Sec. of War, Please see this intelligent colored man, Mr. Delany – who wants to assi…