Broadside Advertisement of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace, The Lincoln Spring Farm.

LINCOLN, Abraham.

$475.00

Item Number: 148440

LaRue County, Kentucky:, August 28, 1905.

Rare original broadside advertisement of the bankruptcy sale of Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace, The Lincoln Spring Farm. One page, printed broadside advertisement by L.B. Handley, Special Commissioner of the LaRue County, Kentucky, and dated August 28, 1905. The headline states, “Commissioner’s Sale! Of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace.” Thomas and Nancy Lincoln moved into the home in December 1808 just weeks before the birth of their son, Abraham, in February 1809. Only a few bidders participated, and the auction was won for $3,600 by a representative of Robert Collier, publisher of Collier’s Weekly. Other interested parties included William Jennings Bryan, Samuel Gompers, and Mark Twain. It was Collier who established the Lincoln Farm Association and, beyond the purchase of the farm in Kentucky, was instrumental in establishing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, rendering this an important stop in the nation’s recognition of the life of Abraham Lincoln. In near fine condition with toning and a few small losses to the edges. Framed. The entire piece measures 12.5 inches by 23.75 inches.

Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through its Civil War, and in doing so preserved the Union of the United States of America, abolished slavery, and strengthened the federal government. In his Address at the Sanitary Fair in Baltimore Maryland in April of 1861, Lincoln stated: “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name, liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names…liberty and tyranny.”