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Martin Pengelly in Washington

‘A new find’: one of last documents Abraham Lincoln signed goes on sale

An original document signed by President Abraham Lincoln four days before his assassination on 15 April 1865.
An original document signed by President Abraham Lincoln four days before his assassination on 15 April 1865. Photograph: Raab Collection

One of the last documents ever signed by Abraham Lincoln, which for years lay undiscovered in a desk drawer, is being offered for sale, valued at $45,000.

The 16th president signed the document, a treasury appointment for Allen Gangewer, an anti-slavery campaigner in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Washington DC, on 11 April 1865 – the day he made what would turn out to be his final speech.

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