Mary Livermore Letter & CDV - Lincoln Donates Emancipation Proclamation To Her!

Description

One page letter measures approx. 5 1/8" x 8"; letter is in fine condition; good ink;  CDV measures approx. 2 1/2" x 4 1/8"; CDV in fair condition; (period writing on CDV by neighbor!); Photographer "Black" back stamp on reverse of the CDV.
Mary Livermore Letter (ALS) & CDV - Lincoln Donates Emancipation Proclamation To Her For The Purpose to Raise ,000!
Livermore met with President Abraham Lincoln who later donated the original signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation to her for auction to raise money for the U.S. Sanitary Commission which ran hospitals and collected supplies for soldiers during the Civil War.
Mary Livermore (1820-1905) was an American journalist and advocate of women's rights.  She published a collection of nineteen essays entitled "Pen Pictures" in 1863.
Transcription:
Melrose, Mass. Oct 24, 1894
My dear Sir, I am very happy to put my autograph on your book plate.  I did not suppose a copy of "Pen Pictures" was in existence and I am proud of the honor your propose to confer on the poor little book.  Yrs. truly, Mary A. Livermore
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