BIB_ID
104595
Accession number
MA 229.2
Creator
Johnston, Andrew.
Display Date
1869 Aug. 11.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
The following items are housed together: manuscript of Lincoln's "The Bear Hunt" (MA 229.1); letter from Andrew Johnston to Wynne, 11 August, 1869 (MA 229.2); and two letters from R.A. Brock to George S. Hellman, 28 March and 7 November 1905 (MA 229.3-4); these items are described in four individual records.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Wynne to R.A. Brock; sold to George S. Hellman (New York Co-operative Society), 1905; purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Summary
Presenting him with the autograph manuscript of Abraham Lincoln's poem, "The Bear Hunt" (MA 229.1).
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