Charles Augustus Leale (March 26, 1842 – June 13, 1932) was a surgeon in the Union Army during the American Civil War[1] and the first doctor to arrive at the presidential box at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865 after John Wilkes Booth fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head. His prompt treatment allowed Lincoln to live until the next morning. Leale continued to serve in the army until 1866, after which he returned to his home town of New York City where he established a successful private practice and became involved in charitable medical care. One of the last surviving witnesses to Lincoln's death, Leale died in 1932 at the age of 90 (Wikipedia). This lot includes the hand written account which Leale wrote and titled, "Lincoln's Last Hours", this is the copy that was sent to Harper's and returned after the 1909 printing, copyright documents relating to President Lincoln's last hours, including: A Thank you note from the Lincoln family (unsigned) and with 1926 post date, "New birth of our new soil, the first American" by Edward Harold Mott, copyright 1909, in an envelope addressed to Leale, a softback copy of "Lincoln's Last Hours", a 1909 pamphlet, Lincoln Centennial, Harper's notes on the copyright and assignment of Harper's Weekly to Leale, the envelope date stamped for March 8th, 1909, a letter to Thorvald Solberg, who was the first Register of Copyrights (1897 to 1930), the certification of deposit to the Library of Congress for "Lincoln's Last Hours", three letters to Leale from the Library of Congress, personal letters and other minor documents.Various.From a Main Line family.

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