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Lithograph, 23.25 x 19.5 in. (sight), matted and framed, 31.75 x 25.75 in. Family Record of American Allegiance. Boston, MA: L. Prang, 1861. An early Civil War-date "Affirmation of Allegiance" to the United States featuring a spread-winged eagle with a Union shield, American flag, and banners with text, "The Union, the Constitution, and the Laws," and "E Plurbis Unum" at center, surrounded by portraits of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, General George McClellan, Major General John Frémont, Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, Major General William Rosecrans, Major General Benjamin Butler, Major General Robert Anderson and other notable Union figures, all arranged in a circle. Sentiments from George Washington, John Hancock Thomas Jefferson Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln are printed to the left and right. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Smith Collection of Lincolniana Lots 328-342 include several selections from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Smith of South Bend, Indiana. Inspired by his wife Pat, an antique dealer, Jack began collecting photographs of Abraham Lincoln in 1959, and over the years expanded his interests to include Lincoln-related engravings, books, ephemera, and art, eventually amassing one of the most extensive collections of Lincolniana in existence. Items from the collection now reside at several museums and historic sites, including at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, and Indiana Historical Society, which acquired the Jack Smith Lincoln Graphics Collection of over 750 images in 2003. See also Lots 183 and 211. Provenance: The Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Smith Collection of Lincolniana Condition: Print with some discoloration mostly kept to margins, but affecting printed quotations and a few small portions of other sections as well. Not examined outside of frame.