June 2013 Auction Ends Thursday, June 27th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2013
Wooden pen crafted from a tree that grew on Abraham Lincoln's property, in front of his home in Springfield, Illinois. Possibly Lincoln himself planted the Elm tree after purchasing the real estate in 1844. Located on the corner of Eighth and Jackson streets, the property was Lincoln's first and only instance of home ownership and remained his residence until his final move to the White House in 1861. His son Robert Todd Lincoln deeded the residence to the State of Illinois in 1887. Robert appointed as caretaker of the estate his first cousin on his mother's side of the family, Albert S. Edwards who then turned the honors to his daughter Mary Edwards Brown. Upon her resignation in 1924 she sold the pen to Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, whose family famously collected Lincolniana. Pen was then part of Lot 7 in Charles Hamilton's ''The Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt Collection of Lincolniana'' auction, held 28 May 1981. With notarized affidavit from Mary Edwards Brown. Pen features a metal tip and measures 7.5'' in overall length. Fine.
Wooden Pen From an Elm Tree on The Grounds of Abraham Lincoln's Home in Illinois -- With Provenance From Lincoln's Descendants
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