MARY TODD LINCOLN Autograph Letter Lamenting the Death of Abraham SIGNED * PSA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Additional cover cancellation from McAuliffe's

Additional cover cancellation from McAuliffe's hometown of Concord

Several illustrations throughout

The cufflinks are reverse marked "Sterling" and engraved with the maker's mark of James Avery

BACKGROUND:  Hancock had been helping his Uncle with the shipping business since his father died in 1744

MARY TODD LINCOLN Autograph Letter Lamenting the Death of Abraham SIGNED * PSA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Additional cover cancellation from McAuliffe'sMary Lincoln Laments the Death of her Husband: "Sorrow such as ours, there is no balm the fearful loss we have both sustained in our dearly beloved husbands are too strong for time or distance to sever To me everything looks so desolate. I often wonder why I was spared when my darling husband was taken" First Lady MARY TODD LINCOLN remarkable, tragic handwritten autograph letter signed on black bordered mourning stationery from Nice, France, March 16,