Papers, 1850-1878.

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Papers, 1850-1878.

Correspondence; journal; legal documents; letter to the editor of The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise) and two affidavits regarding Fenn's behavior upon learning of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; letter (1877) to J. McCarty, Boise, regarding federal apropriations for construction of public buildings in Boise; journal (1850) kept by Fenn when moving west; two deeds (1880) recorded in Idaho County.

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Fenn, S. S. (Stephen Southmyd), 1820-1892

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Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho, 1873-1876. From the description of Papers, 1850-1878. (Idaho State Historical Society Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 42927787 ...

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...