Looking for Lincoln » relics http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln A look at the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Lincoln Manuscript Sets New Auction Record http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/uncategorized/lincoln-manuscript-sets-new-auction-record/309/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/uncategorized/lincoln-manuscript-sets-new-auction-record/309/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:52:10 +0000 Christiane Wartell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/?p=309 On Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Christie’s auction house in New York announced that a handwritten, autographed manuscript of the president’s 1864 victory speech sold for $3.44 million — the highest ever paid for any American historical document. Lincoln delivered the speech on the evening of November 10, 1964, two days after he was elected to his second term in office. View the document and more about its history. The winning bidder for the document remains anonymous.

The previous record was also held by another Lincoln document, which sold for $3.4 million in 2008.

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