Telegram, February 7, 1955.

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Telegram, February 7, 1955.

Telegram to Harry A. Pratt, Illinois State Historian, permitting the release of the Lincoln records Black had donated.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7629667

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

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Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. She served as First Lady from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 at Ford’s Theatre. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven. Her father remarried; and Mary remembered her childhood as “desolate” although she belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with high-spirited social life and a sound private education. Just...

Pratt, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1901-1956

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Illinois State Historian, Lincoln scholar and author, this scrapbook reflects Pratt's interest in Illinois past. From the description of Scrapbook, 1882-1946. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49700227 Cambridge, Illinois author, Lincoln scholar, history professor and director of the Illinois State Historical Library. Pratt graduated from the University of Illinois in 1923 and after teaching for awhile, returned to complete his doctorate in history ...

Black, Malcolm A., ca. 1890- .

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Black was a resident of Lemay, Missouri and donated a transcript of the 1852 diary of his grandmother, Elizabeth (Mrs. William) Black who knew Mary Lincoln in Springfield, to the then Illinois State Historical Library. From the description of Telegram, February 7, 1955. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 506024847 ...

Black, Elizabeth Gundaker Dale, 1823-1902.

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Springfield, Illinois, resident, 1851-1852; wife of William M. Black. Black, a merchant, established himself in business in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved his family there in 1853. While residing in Springfield, Elizabeth Black was a friend of Mary Todd Lincoln. From the description of Transcript of diary: 1852 Jan. 1-Dec. 21. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27246067 ...