[CIVIL WAR] Stephen Douglas Campaign Ribbon

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Day 2: Early & Historic Americana

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Oct 10, 2025

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• Lot Description

  Silk printed ribbon of U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas. N.p., [1860].  2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.

   

  A rare silk ribbon from the 1860 Presidential Election featuring an engraved portrait of Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas (1813 - 1861) by J. C. Buttre, after a photograph by Mathew Brady, with a facsimile signature.

   

  Produced in a set of four, with a single Brady portrait representing each of the candidates. The Douglas ribbon is considered the scarcest of the set. 

   

  [Abraham Lincoln, Politics, Mary Todd Lincoln, 1860 Election, Election of 1860, 1864 Election, Election of 1864,  Lincoln Assassination, John Wilkes Booth] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]

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  Some thread pulls. Brown spot to upper left. Slight fraying at top and bottom. 

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