Edmund Davis diary 1865 Davis, Edmund diary

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Edmund Davis diary 1865 Davis, Edmund diary

This pocket diary contains daily entries that Edmund Davis wrote while attending Edge Hill School in Princeton, New Jersey, in the spring of 1865. David noted daily occurrences at the institution, such as religious services and baseball games, and also recorded major political events, including the capture of Richmond, Virginia, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392406

William L. Clements Library

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Edge Hill School (Princeton, N.J.)

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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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Actor; assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John Wilkes Booth-Miller collection, 19??-1946 / Ernest Conrad Miller. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 44935230 From the description of Papers, 1863 June-1865 April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418055 From the description of Letter: Franklin, [Pennsylvania], to John, [18]64 June 17. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418059 ...

Davis, Edmund, 1848-

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Edmund Davis was born in Limestone Township, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1848, and attended Edge Hill School in Princeton, New Jersey, in the mid-1860s. He entered the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in the fall of 1866, where he played baseball. After graduating from the College of New Jersey in 1870, Davis studied law under John McCleery in Milton, Pennsylvania. In 1873, he briefly practiced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before returning to Milton, where he liv...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...