(Abraham Lincoln) Scarce broadside, 4 3/4 x 6 in. headed “NOTICE” (Pottstown, [Penn.], 18 April 1865). An announcement of a memorial service to be held in honor of the recently slain Lincoln: “Agreeably to the request of the Acting Secretary of State, there will be RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE German Reformed Church, ON WEDNESDAY, AT 12 M., To commemorate the untimely death of the President of the United States. The members of the congregation, and the public generally, are invited to attend. By order of the CONSISTORY.”

Fine condition. Simply matted in a period frame.

(EXA 4278) $750