Forgery of an Abraham Lincoln autograph letter, signed, [193?].

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Forgery of an Abraham Lincoln autograph letter, signed, [193?].

Forgery of a note to H.E. Dummer on legal matters, dated Springfield, April 19th, 1837.

1 leaf ; 13 x 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7119290

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Cosey, Joseph, 1887-1950

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Joseph Cosey, born Martin Coneely, was active as a forger between 1929 and into the 1940s. He forged documents of famous American historical and literary figures like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allen Poe, often using old paper and period writing instruments to make the documents look authentic....

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...