The Confidential 1849 Letter of Abraham Lincoln

The Raab Collection announced today that it will unveil and is offering for sale a newly discovered, confidential letter of Abraham Lincoln, giving a rare and early glimpse of Lincoln more than a decade before he assumed the Presidency.  The letter, written secretly to a friend, has been hidden away in the archives of an institution for nearly a century.  The letter will be unveiled at a private event in Philadelphia.

Learn more about and purchase this important and newly discovered historical document.

“It will perhaps be better for both you and me for you to say nothing about this.”

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