Loyalty in the American Republic, What is it? And What its Object? A Discourse Delivered in St. Luke’s Church, Philadelphia, on Thursday, November 26, 1863.

HOWE, Wolfe [Abraham Lincoln].

$7,500.00

Item Number: 146847

Philadelphia: J. S. McCalla, PR, 1863.

Rare first edition of this printed oration regarding President Abraham Lincoln’s new proclamation of Thanksgiving. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition with a small loss to the bottom right corner of the wrapper. An exceptional rarity.

On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving. He saw the occasion as a peaceful interlude amid the Civil War.