ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED MILITARY COMMISSION OF BRIGADIER GENERAL CADWALLADER C. WASHBURN.

This framed commission on vellum for Cadwallader C Washurn Brigadier General of volunteers July 16th, 1862 signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and Edwin Stanton as the Secretary of War. Washburn, born in 1818, commanded the cavalry of the 13th army corps at Vicksburg. Grant called Washburn “One of the best administrative officers we have.” Washburn left the army in may of 1865 where he went home to Wisconsin, served 2 terms in the house of representatives and became Wisconsin’s 11th Governor in 1872. Washburn was a good businessman, founding what later would become General Mills. Washburn died in 1882 with an estate valued at close to $3 million. His mansion, left in his will to the Dominican sisters or the Catholic Church later became Edgewood College in Madison WI. SIZE: 18″ h x 14″ l. PROVENANCE: From the Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Vellum document is sound with some staining. Signature and text is discernible though light. 9-28008 (3,000-4,000) – Lot 1390

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - February 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1390	$4,322.50	ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED MILITARY COMMISSION OF BRIGADIER GENERAL CADWALLADER C. WASHBURN. This framed commission on vellum for Cadwallader C Washurn Brigadier General of volunteers July 16th, 1862 signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and Edwin Stanton as the Secretary of War. Washburn, born in 1818, commanded the cavalry of the 13th army corps at Vicksburg. Grant called Washburn “One of the best administrative officers we have.” Washburn left the army in may of 1865 where he went home to Wisconsin, served 2 terms in the house of representatives and became Wisconsin’s 11th Governor in 1872. Washburn was a good businessman, founding what later would become General Mills. Washburn died in 1882 with an estate valued at close to $3 million. His mansion, left in his will to the Dominican sisters or the Catholic Church later became Edgewood College in Madison WI. SIZE: 18″ h x 14″ l. PROVENANCE: From the Greene Museum of Southern History. CONDITION: Vellum document is sound with some staining. Signature and text is discernible though light. 9-28008 (3,000-4,000) – Lot 1390 Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - February 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED MILITARY COMMISSION OF BRIGADIER GENERAL CADWALLADER C. WASHBURN.