Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President

Engraved unaccomplished broadside document (17 3.4 x 11 1/4 in.; 447 x 285 mm)signed ("Abraham Lincoln") and countersigned by the Secretary of State ("William Seward"), [Washington, D. C.], n.d. [but after 4 March 1861], being a ship's passport, embossed seal of the United States in lower left corner; slightly sunned, 3 minor marginal repairs, folded in fourths, seal nicely preserved.