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Geographical, statistical, and historical map of Cuba and the Bahama Islands
1 map : color ; 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 45 x 57 cm
From: Carey, Henry Charles. A complete historical, chronological, and geographical American atlas, 1822, number 40.
Enclosed in large text block providing information about islands.
On verso: “This is from the collection of old maps papers etc given to her coachman, William. P. Brown, by Mrs. A. Lincoln in 1866.” Signed: W. P. Brown “The signatures are genuine.” Singed: Frank E. Thatcher “Notary Public, Muskegon County, Mich. My commission expires Aug. 13, 1933.” The signatures of Brown and Thatcher are authentic, the story of the map being gifted by Mrs. Lincoln is part of a known forgery by Harry D. Sickles and Eugene Field II.