2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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John Palmer Usher (1816 1889) was an American administrator who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln as Secretary of the Interior during the American Civil War. An outstanding trial lawyer, Usher traveled the circuit in Indiana and Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s, becoming acquainted with Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois. He accompanied Lincoln to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in November 1863 for the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery and sat on the platform with other dignitaries when Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address. Autograph Document Signed twice “J. P. Usher for Defdts”, being a legal plea, ND., NP., Usher signs the front and dockets the back.
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