[Lincoln, Abraham] Rare New York Times New Year's Broadside Commemorating the end of the Civil War and the Assassination of President Lincoln

Carrier's Address. 1866. Happy New Year. The New York Times. To our Patrons
New York: Printed by E.S. Dodge & Co., 1866. Printed broadside, 23 x 16 3/4 in. (584 x 425 mm). Printed in brown ink; text in four columns; printed decorative border; vignette at top and bottom. Creasing from old folds; scattered light spotting; repairs on verso edges; scattered edge-wear.

A rare New Year's carrier's address broadside printed for the patrons of The New York Times, commemorating in verse the end of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln: "Another tale will old men oft relate, / Of how our Lincoln fell 'neath traitor hate; / How he we loved so much, with so much pride, / Struck by th' assassin's fatal bullet, died."

Rare. OCLC records only two other copies, at the New York Historical Society (imperfect), and at the New Jersey Historical Society. According to RBH, no other copy of this broadside has sold at auction.

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[Lincoln, Abraham] Rare New York Times New Year's Broadside Commemorating the end of the Civil War and the Assassination of President Lincoln

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Lincoln, Abraham] Rare New York Times New Year's Broadside Commemorating the end of the Civil War and the Assassination of President Lincoln

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