Cushing and Van Buren family papers, 1864-1889.

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Cushing and Van Buren family papers, 1864-1889.

Recommendation of William B. Cushing by Abraham Lincoln, 1864; photograph, card and obituary of William B. Cushing; genealogies of Milton B. Cushing and James Henry Van Buren; and two letters, 1887 and 1889, to Katie from Grandma Cushing.

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Van Buren, James Henry, b. 1890.

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Van Buren family.

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Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874

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William Cushing, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, sailed on the brig Chenamus as a passenger in September 1843. The brig, captained by John H. Couch, sailed to Honolulu. After a visit of two months, cargo and passengers were loaded, and the ship sailed on to the Columbia River in the Oregon Country. There Cushing stayed for 16 months, trading and touring the Oregon countryside. From the description of William Cushing journal of a voyage to the Columbia River and related papers, 1843-[1...

Cushing family.

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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...

Cushing, Milton B., b. 1800.

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