Correspondence, 1865.

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Correspondence, 1865.

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Correspondence, dated April 16, 1865, from McClure, Memphis (Tenn.), to his parents (unidentified), describing the city of Memphis and the "horrible" news of the assassination of President Lincoln.

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Clarke Historical Library

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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...

McClure, J. Derrick

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McClure may have been from Iowa. From the description of Correspondence, 1865. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 45130743 ...