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Abraham Lincoln ANS framed together with engraving and TLS from W. Atlee Burpee, Jr. owner of the Burpee Seed Company, to Walter Huber, President of the Fell Co. Printers, dated June 23, 1941. Burpee presented this lithograph of President Lincoln and a signed note (ANS) that were framed together to his business associate in appreciation for sixty-six years of printing the Burpee seed catalog. The engraving and signature were reframed with Burpee's letter. Also attached to the backing of the frame is an envelope with a TLS by David Burpee to John Miller a later head of Fell Co. Printers, dated 1975, and several of David Burpee's obituaries. The note signed by Lincoln, almost a footnote in the Burpee-Fell story, is approx. 2 x 3.5 in. and reads "Murfy - already nominated for Pay Master Please preview. A. Lincoln Feb. 27, 1863." Presumably one of many requests for positions with which Lincoln (and other chief executives) was bombarded. Condition: All paper slightly toned, especially around mat edges. Still very good.