Document: New York City, 1865 April 23.

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Document: New York City, 1865 April 23.

Connolly's guard of honor pass for Abraham Lincoln's funeral, signed by Colonel M.T. McMahon.

1 item (1 p.) ; 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7261159

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Connolly, James Austin, 1843-1914

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Charleston and Springfield, Illinois, lawyer; Civil War major, 123rd Illinois Infantry; Illinois House of Representatives, 1873-1876; U.S. attorney, Southern District, Illinois, 1876-1885, 1889-1893; U.S. House of Representatives, 1895-1899. From the description of Diaries, 1864 Oct. 1-Dec. 21. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28448007 From the description of Letter: Springfield, Ill., to James R.B. Van Cleave, 1909 Feb. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presid...

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...

McMahon, Martin Thomas, 1838-1906

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Martin Thomas McMahon was born 21 March 1838 in Laprairie County, Quebec, Canada. He came to New York for his education and received his bachelor's degree from St. John's College Fordham in 1855, his M.A. in 1857, and his doctor of laws degree in 1866. McMahon served in the Union army during the Civil War, eventually being brevetted a major-general of volunteers due to his conspicuous service. After the Civil War, he returned to New York City to begin his career as corporation counsel in 1866. M...