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- Letter by Mark Howard, insurance company president and Lincoln political appointee, describing his meeting in Chicago with Abraham Lincoln and other prominent Republicans shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860.
- Date Created:
- 1860-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Reminsciences about Abraham Lincoln written by a man who grew up on a farm near the Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. In his letter to Mr. Lucas, he recounts his boyhood impressions of Lincoln, of his attendance at the 1860 Republican National Convention, and of Lincoln's Springfield funeral. Mr. Keyes uncle drove the casket to Oak Ridge Cemetery in his horse-drawn hearse.
- Date Created:
- 1943-01-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
