CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Three delegates and Jefferson County Prosecutor Matt Harvey have won an online auction for a historic document signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
Delegates Elliott Pritt, Mike Hornby, and Mike Hite along with Jefferson County Prosecutor Matt Harvey all pitched in their own money to bid and win this document.
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This document, dated October 21, 1861, bears the bold signature of President Abraham Lincoln and is countersigned by Secretary of War Simon Cameron.
It appointed Virginian Daniel Lamb who would be known as West Virginia’s founder as an agent empowered to equip loyal citizens with “Arms and Munitions of War” under an act of Congress passed on July 31, 1861.
Delegate Mike Hornby (R-Berkeley) tells LOOTPRESS that the race to win the document started after a Facebook comment.
“Someone on our Facebook feed posted a link to an auction album in California that was ending at 8 PM our time that day. I saw it and contacted Delegate Hite. I also reached out to a couple of other delegates to see if they’d be interested in helping me bid on this,” Hornby said.