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LINCOLN, A. (1809-1865). Sixteenth President of the United States. Very good dark signature adding the date “April 22, 1862” in his hand. April was a busy month for Lincoln. The day before he signed the Act of April 21,1862 authorizing a U.S. Mint facility at Denver, Colorado. On April 16, 1862 President Lincoln signed the Act of April 16,1862, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this Act came just eight and one-half months before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation......................................SOLD
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