Auction Name: 2026 March 18 The Dan Madsen Collection of Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain Memorabilia Americana & Political Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 43025

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/6335*43025

Abraham Lincoln: 1860 Campaign Ditty Broadside. Lincoln's Picture. Boston: Printed by Horace Partridge, [1860]. 4 3/4" x 8" broadside with black ornate border, featuring a narrative poem consisting of seven four-line stanzas, in part: "Tell us of his fight with Douglas, - / How his spirit never quails; / Tell us of his manly bearing, / Of his skill in splitting rails;...Call him Abe, or call him Abram - / Abraham - 'tis all the same, / Abe will smell as sweet as either, / We don't care about the name."

Condition: Trimmed. Toning with flattened folds, creasing, and scattered soiling. Approximate 1" tear at top center, touching title. Some adhesive remnants on verso.

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