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President Abraham Lincoln Allows a Key Kentucky Advisor to Cross the Lines into the Confederacy to Attend the Trial of His Son by Abraham Lincoln

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Title: President Abraham Lincoln Allows a Key Kentucky Advisor to Cross the Lines into the Confederacy to Attend the Trial of His Son
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 29/10/1864. Journalist George D. Prentice's son was a Confederate officer captured by Union forces, who would later be charged with murderGeorge D. Prentice was born in Connecticut on December 18, 1802, and graduated from Brown University in 1823. He came to Kentucky in 1830 to write a campaign biography entitled The Biography of Henry Clay and remained in this state until his death on January 22, 1870, in Louisville. Prentice became the editor of the Louisville Journal, the newspaper of the Whig Party. The main focus of this paper was the promotion of Henry Clay’s agenda and his multiple presidential campaigns. Prentice brought the Journal from upstart newspaper to the most widely read newspaper in the western United States because of his wit and command of the English language. Upon the failure of the Whig Party, Prentice supported the Know-Nothing Party. Prentice then supported John Bell and his Unionist platform in the 1860 election, calling for the Southern states to stay in the Union. Following the repeal of neutrality in Kentucky, the pro-Union Prentice wrote in the Louisville Journal on September 19, 1861: “Well, thank God, we at last have weighed anchor, and set out for the haven of safety and of honor. Now, let all possible sail be spread, and the noble ship of state be driven into the lines of her insolent foe with the whole might of the valor and devotion of her true men.” Prentice became part of Lincoln’s core group of advisors for Kentucky affairs during the war. But despite Prentice’s Unionist satisfaction that Kentucky was no longer neutral, his two sons fought in the Confederate army, one dying in 1862 and the other being captured in 1863.The son of Prentice, Clarence J. Prentice, was one of the most colorful Kentuckians in the Confederate Army. From 1863 to 1865 he commanded the 7th Confederate Cavalry Battalion. Based in southwestern Virginia, the 7th was composed of mountaineers who resided along the Kentucky-Virginia border. The unit was difficult to discipline and was regarded as a ""black sheep"" battalion by other units in the department. While some members of the battalion accompanied Gen. John Hunt Morgan on his last Kentucky raid, they were part of the dismounted brigade. Prentice and the balance of the 7th was left behind to guard Pound Gap. In his ""Kentucky Cavaliers in Dixie"", George Dallas Mosgrove left a lively pen portrait of the young officer. He described the 7th as wild and difficult to discipline but added that the men were afraid of Prentice who was a crack shot. Major Prentice was captured on March 31, 1863.George Prentice wrote to Lincoln to enlist his help in securing a parole for his son. In his letter to Lincoln, dated Journal Office, Louisville, Ky., May 6, 1863, Prentice stated: “I wrote to you last week in regard to my son, Major Clarence Prentice, now a rebel prisoner at Camp Chase. He would ere this have been forwarded for exchange but Gen. Burnside, at my solicitation, consented to have him detained until I could have time to hear from you. I think there has been time, but I have received nothing from you either by mail or telegraph. I know that the pressure of the affairs of state upon you is very great. Perhaps you did not read my letter at all. Major Prentice is the only child left to me. My household is very desolate. My son is tired of the war, but unfortunately he thinks the south right. I ask you to direct his release upon his taking the non combatants oath and giving bond and security for its scrupulous observance. If you cannot do this, as I painfully fear you cannot, I earnestly appeal to you to parole him to stay outside of both the United States and the Southern Confederacy until after the rebellion. I should scarcely venture, Mr. President, to make this appeal to you but that I think I have served the Union cause faithfully, devotedly and successfully. I have suffered very much and sacrificed very much in its behalf—more, I am sure, than any other man in Kentucky; and I am likely, even at the best, to suffer and sacrifice much hereafter. I think there is not a candid and intelligent Union man in this state who would hesitate to say to you that I have saved it to the Union politically.“And now, dear sir, pray grant me what I ask in behalf of my only son. His mother is half delirious, and so am I. I am scarcely capable of performing my daily duties to the country, but, if my request were granted, I feel I should be buoyant with new life. Please let me know your decision soon, for, if my son cannot be paroled upon either of the conditions I have mentioned, I want him sent forward as soon as possible to City Point, as he is extremely uncomfortable in his present situation.”Ten days later Lincoln issued an order, written on the back of Prentice's letter, instructing General Burnside to parole young Prentice ""to remain outside the limits of both the loyal and disloyal States, or so-called 'Confederate States,’…during the present rebellion, and to abstain from in any wise aiding or abetting said rebellion."" He was released in May 1863. However, Clarence Prentice immediately upon his release from Camp Chase violated his oath and re-entered the Confederate Army. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Only a few months after his parole, he was back to robbing banks, burning courthouses, and spreading terror and destruction generally along the Kentucky-Virginia border.In the fall of 1863, after being released from Union custody, Prentice shot and killed a hotel proprietor named White in Abingdon, Va. during a ""personal difficulty."" His trial was set for November 8, 1864, in Abingdon, and his father wanted to attend and assist him at his trial. George Prentice again wrote Lincoln asking for his assistance.Lincoln complied with Prentice’s request. Autograph note signed, Washington, October 29, 1864. “Allow George D. Prentice of the Louisville Journal to pass our lines, go to Abingdon, Va., and return.”Prentice also wrote to Secretary of State William Seward on October 25, 1864. A letter of Captain R. H. Baptist exists, October 22, 1864, to Prentice, offering to give evidence in the forthcoming trial of his son, saying “a conversation occurred between White & myself, that ought to be made known in the trial of your son by all means.” Prentice sought Seward’s help in lining up Baptist up as a witness for his son: “Capt Baptist, who formerly served under my son…and is now a prisoner…at Johnson's Island, writes to me some facts which would be of vast importance to my erring child in his approaching trial…and which Capt. B. says he would state on oath…if he could be paroled to the Southern Confederacy or exchanged…I think that the exchange of Capt Baptist would subserve the cause of truth, humanity and justice.’’ After being shown Baptist's letter, Lincoln arranged for his parole so that he could testify on behalf of Clarence Prentice.Thus did Lincoln intervene twice to aid his Kentucky advisor.Clarence Prentice was acquitted of the murder charge. He continued to serve in the Confederate Army until the war ended.

Melange of Humour, The by ALKEN, Henry; EGERTON, Daniel Thomas

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Title: Melange of Humour, The
Author: ALKEN, Henry; EGERTON, Daniel Thomas
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1835. Fifty Hand-Colored Plates Caricaturing the English and French Lifestyle of the 1820s [EGERTON, Daniel Thomas, and others]. The Melange of Humour; A Series of Fifty Coloured Engravings, Comprising a Great Variety of Comic Subjects, by The most Popular Artists of the Present Day. London: Printed by W. Lewis, [n.d., 1835]. First collected edition of this acclaimed series of humorous plates depicting the English and French lifestyle of the 1820s. Folio (14 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches; 358 x 260 mm.). Letterpress title and fifty hand-colored etched plates (including frontispiece). Most plates with tissue guards. Plates watermarked 1835, 1821, and 1822. Contemporary half maroon roan, ruled in gilt, over gray pebble-grain cloth boards. Spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt with three wide raised bands. All edges gilt. With the engraved book-plate of John M. Schiff on front paste-down. Early ink signature of Wm. Morrison dated 1840 on front free endpaper. Top and bottom of spine expertly repaired, inner joints neatly strengthened. An excellent example of a very rare and highly amusing book of caricatures. Rare: OCLC/KVK locate just three copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Yale University Library (CT, US); Harvard University (MA,US) and University of Oxford Libraries (UK). The collection comprises: Six hand-colored aquatint plates [A Day's Journal of a Sponge] (London: Published by W. Egerton, 1824) captioned: "Was 'stirring with the lark,' bent on fixing myself for a month's sponge on a friend..."; "Feeling one of those pangs 'which flesh is heir to'..."; "Having returned, & hired a chaise, the only method of conveyance..."; "Former fears confirmed, by being driven, on my return, without orders into the Stable Yard..."; "Sauntering down Bond Street, in the evening, to 'Lose & neglect the creeping hours of time'..."; and "Being recovered from the effects of the last catastrophe, resolved on making one more effort, to gain a supper..." Twelve numbered hand-colored aquatint plates by Daniel Thomas Egerton originally published as The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion (London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 1823). The plates are captioned: "Negligence," "Assurance," "Confidence," "Impudence," "Intemperance," "Indifference," "Unfeelingness," "Forgetfulness," "Selfishness," "Intrigue," "Eccentricity," and "Inconsistency." Hand-colored engraved title and twelve hand-colored aquatint plates (the first six plates are numbered) "Design'd & Etch'd by D.T. Egerton": "Fashionable Bores or Coolers in High Life by Peter Quiz" (London: Published by Thos. McLean, 1824); "The Silent Rebuke"; "The Leech"; "The Tables Turn'd"; "The Unfortunate Discovery"; "The Insolence of Office"; "The Trial of Nerves"; "Vis a Vis"; "The Unpleasant Rencontre"; "The Unwelcome Visit"; "The Disappointment"; "The Pressing Invitation"; and "The Finishing Bore." Abbey, Life, 287 and Colas 937 (with imprint of W. Sams). Six plates by Henry Alken "A Set of Six Plates on Horse Riding" (London: Published...by Thomas McLean, 1821): "Perfectly Satisfied," "Dissatisfied," "Delighted," "Surpris'd," "Displeas'd," and "Terrified." Thirteen hand-colored lithographed plates by Pigal and L. Boilly captioned: "Le petite famille" (L. Boilly); "Omnium Gatherum" (Pigal?); "This is mine Heir" (Pigal); "as it used to be" (Pigal); "Nasty Old Fellow you shan't" (Pigal); "Commissioners" (Pigal?); "View on the Pont Neuf" (Pigal?); "The Scratch" (Boilly?); "Phoo! Anglais Pah! Pish!" (Pigal); "Smokers" (L. Boilly); "La bonne petite soeur" (Boilly); The Defiance (Boilly); "Time has not thin'd our flowing hair Nor bent us with his Iron hand" (Pigal). Abbey, Life 287 & 289; Bobins 1319; Colas 937; Tooley, 203 & 204.

The Sonnets [Inscribed to Joe LeSueur] by Ted Berrigan

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Title: The Sonnets [Inscribed to Joe LeSueur]
Author: Ted Berrigan
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1967. Near Fine. New York: Grove Press Inc., 1964. Stated First Printing of first trade edition. Slim octavo (20cm); 72pp. Stiff staple-bound printed wraps retaining $1.50 price. Wraps lightly bumped and scuffed; verso toned at edges. Binding sound. Textblock and endsheets show some foxing and toning; interior pages remain clean. Former owner and inscription dedicatee’s personal ex-libris stamp at full title page. Very Good or better. Signed and inscribed by the author on full title page: “for Joe / with love / + admiration / Ted Berrigan.” Joe LeSueur, to whom this copy belonged and was inscribed, was a poet, editor, and screenwriter closely associated with the New York School of the 60s. A close friend and longtime roommate of Frank O’Hara, LeSueur circulated through the city’s artistic and literary social scene. His immediate circle is depicted in Wynn Chamberlain’s 1964 portrait Poets Dressed and Undressed, in which LeSueur and O’Hara appear alongside Joe Brainard, to whom The Sonnets is dedicated.

Christmas Greeting with Original Watercolor Artwork

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Title: Christmas Greeting with Original Watercolor Artwork
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good. Toned.
Description: United States, 1900. Very good. Toned.. Christmas greeting card ("Merry Christmas") with original watercolor artwork depicting a pair of song birds perched on a cherry blossom tree branch in front of a serene lake landscape. Card has rounded edges, and measures approx. 3.5" by 4.5

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