Letter: to Osborn H. Oldroyd, [1882]

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Letter: to Osborn H. Oldroyd, [1882]

Reminiscence about Abraham Lincoln includes stories concerning his religion, humor and mercy. Written for Oldroyd's book The Lincoln Memorial.

1 item (10 p.); 33 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7307957

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline), 1842-1930

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Infantryman in the Twentieth Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War, later the custodian of Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois, and renow Lincoln collector. From the description of Collection, f 1880-1882. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 40121882 Oldroyd was an author and publisher of Abraham Lincoln books and a collector of Lincoln artifacts. From the description of Papers, 1919. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 268661...

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...

Gillespie, Joseph, 1809-1885

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Edwardsville, Illinois, lawyer; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1840-1842 and Illinois Senate, 1846-1858. From the description of Papers, 1835-1861, 1876. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31156809 From the description of Letters, 1848, 1876. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31156799 From the description of Letter: to Osborn H. Oldroyd, [1882] (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: ...