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Meserve, Frederick H., 1865-1962 Abraham Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08548.02 Author/Creator: Meserve, Frederick H., 1865-1962 Place Written: New York Type: Pamphlet signed Date: 10 August 1950 Pagination: 16 p. : Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Publishing dummy titled "Abraham Lincoln" (made for Meserve's daughter and editor Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, 1950) with 12 photographs inserted by their corners into the leaves. Signed by Meserve. Sub-text on front of wrapper reads "Photographs from the original negatives made in Washingtonby Mathew B. Brady. The negatives are in the Collection of Americana of Frederick Hill Meserve, Litt. D. New York. This booklet was made for Dorothy Meserve Junhardt, my daughter and editor. [signed] August. 10. 1950."

Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896

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