The first time in 150 years
President Lincoln's Letter to Horace Greeley
Museum Archival Prints of the original letter penned by President Lincoln to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 are available for the first time in 150 years.
The prints are available exclusively through Caroline Welling Van Deusen, great granddaughter of letter owner, Dr. James Clarke Welling and great niece of Miss Elizabeth L. Dixon.
In 1923 Miss Elizabeth L. Dixon donated the famous Greeley letter, on behalf of the Dixon and Welling family, to the country’s oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Athenaeum, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Welling family received a gift receipt from the Wadsworth Atheneum in acknowledgement of their generous donation. As proof of provenance a copy of the Wadsworth receipt is included with each print.
Purchase details to be posted soon.
The prints are available exclusively through Caroline Welling Van Deusen, great granddaughter of letter owner, Dr. James Clarke Welling and great niece of Miss Elizabeth L. Dixon.
In 1923 Miss Elizabeth L. Dixon donated the famous Greeley letter, on behalf of the Dixon and Welling family, to the country’s oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Athenaeum, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Welling family received a gift receipt from the Wadsworth Atheneum in acknowledgement of their generous donation. As proof of provenance a copy of the Wadsworth receipt is included with each print.
Purchase details to be posted soon.
