ALsS, 1865 Apr. 16-18 and May 13-18, concerning Abraham Lincoln's death and funeral.

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ALsS, 1865 Apr. 16-18 and May 13-18, concerning Abraham Lincoln's death and funeral.

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The Keans' company was in New York when they learned of Lincoln's assassination. In the first letter, to her daughter Mary, Ellen Kean gives news of the assassination and the hunt for the conspirators, the effect of Lincoln's death on the nation in general and theaters and their tour in particular, and other news of the company. The second letter, written from Baltimore to a Miss Sherritt, enlarges on the news, and adds descriptions of the funeral procession and the trial of the conspirators.

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Kean, Mary, 1779-1849

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Sherritt, Miss

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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...

Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880

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Charles Kean lived at No. 3, Torrington Square, W.C. 1, in 1853-56, according to The London Encyclopaedia, ed. Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert (1983). From the description of Autograph letter signed from Ellen Kean, London, to an unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1853-56? February 12. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694182220 English actress, born Ellen Tree. Married actor Charles Kean, son of Edmund Kean, and toured with his company. Fro...