16th President of the United States

The first ever United States President to be assassinated!

(1809-1865) This lanky, self taught lawyer, started to make a name for himself when he rode the Illinois country circuit by horseback and buggy with his fellow litigator's, among them future U.S. Senator, and presidential candidate, Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1836, and practiced law for 25 years. Most of his work involved settling debts, contracts, business disputes, divorces and some criminal cases. His law office was located in Springfield, Illinois. He served one term in the U.S. Congress, 1847-49, and was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861-65. As Commander-in-Chief, of the United States, he led the Union to victory during the Civil War keeping America from dividing into two separate countries. His most famous speeches were; "The Emancipation Proclamation," which freed the slaves, his immortal "Gettysburg Address," one of the greatest speeches of all time, which he delivered at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Military Cemetery, on November 19, 1863, and his second inaugural address, delivered in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1865, also one of the best presidential speeches ever given in the history of our country. Lincoln set the stage for the reconciliation of the North and the South, when he spoke these sobering words...."With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations." These famous words are engraved inside of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C.

Original 1800's portrait engraving of Mr. Lincoln in a beautiful oval format and pose. Ornate designs around the oval with a vignette at the bottom center of Lincoln leading a meeting with his presidential cabinet. Printed signature of Lincoln below the illustrations. Engraved by J.C. McRae. Published by Virtue & Yorston, New York. Entered according to act of Congress by Virtue & Yorston in the clerks office of the district court of the United States in the southern district of N.Y. Very desirable portrait of "Honest Abe" Lincoln. A nice one to get framed.