Tribute to Lincoln / by Rafael A. Sánchez. 1946.

Illinois State Historical Library

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The "Merci Train," or "Thank You Train," arrived in the United States from France in February 1949, in gratitude for a "Friendship Train" full of food and other necessities sent to France from the United States the previous year. The French train contained one car full of gifts for each state. Illinois' car was displayed in Chicago and Springfield before the contents were distributed. From the description of "Merci Train" Records, 1949-1950. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). Wo...

Watters, Mary Ann

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Wife of Union Army soldier. From the description of Mary Ann Watters correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774147987 ...

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...

Sanchez, Rafael Augusto.

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