You can soon own a tragic piece of American history.
Abraham Lincoln’s Illinois death certificate is heading to the online auction block for the cool sum of $425,000, TMZ reports.
While largely perfunctory, the document reveals the president’s estate was worth $85,000, about $1.4 million in today’s dollars. Not bad for an honest man born in a Kentucky log cabin…. Read Full Article | https://nypost.com/2021/09/25/abraham-lincolns-death-certificate-is-now-up-for-sale/
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