Lincoln, Abraham, as sixteenth President

Note signed (A. Lincoln"), text in a neat secretarial hand, on a slip of paper (2 3/4 x 5 in.; 71 x 127 mm) cut from a larger sheet, Springfield, 1 October 1860, to James L. Wesson. Housed with 2 engraved portraits of Lincoln in a half black morocco folding-case, gray morocco labels.

The Republican Presidential nominee takes a moment for an autograph seeker: "Dear Sir—Herewith I send you my autograph, which you request." On this day, Lincoln met with William Seward, who was making a tour of the midwest, at the Springfield train station.