Ann Rutledge [scrapbook] 1928-1929 / [compiled by J.E. Boos.]

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Ann Rutledge [scrapbook] 1928-1929 / [compiled by J.E. Boos.]

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Includes brief essays, usually accompanied by an image, about James Killough, James Buchanan, Roger B. Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Howard L. Wentworth, J. Atkins Murphy, Major K.M. Van Zandt, and Ann Rutledge. Remainder of volume consists of correspondence in manuscript and typescript from family and friends of the Rutledges regarding Ann and her handwriting, in response to request for information from Boos. Collection of these accounts occurred at the time Atlantic Monthly printed a series of stories about letters from Rutledge that were later found to be a hoax. These letters had been in the possession of Wilma Minor, author of Lincoln the lover.

1 v. (various pagings) ; 24 cm.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Minor, Wilma Frances

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Rutledge, Ann, -1835

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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...

Boos, J. E. (John E.)

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Collector. From the description of J.E. Boos collection of papers relating to Abraham Lincoln , 1912-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983731 John E. Boos (1879-1974), a lifelong resident of Albany, New York was a freelance writer and historian as well an avid collector of historical documents and memorabilia. His chief areas of interest was the history of Albany and vicinity and the life and career of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of The Flatts (scr...