Saturday, March 8, 2008

LINCOLN LETTER AUCTION


AN 1864 HAND-PENNED REPLY WRITTEN BY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO A GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS IS UP FOR AUCTION AND IS EXPECTED TO FETCH $3MILLION TO $5 MILLION. A LETTER WAS MAILED TO HIM CALLED " THE LITTLE PEOPLE'S PETITION " ASKING HIM TO FREE LITTLE SLAVE CHILDREN. AND WAS SIGNED BY 195 BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER 18. THIS LETTER WAS HIS REPLY TO THEM AND COULD BECOME THE MOST EXPENSIVE LINCOLN LETTER EVER SOLD. ABE STILL MAKING HISTORY 144 YEARS LATER.

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