Donor list, 1865 Apr.-1866 May.

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Donor list, 1865 Apr.-1866 May.

Donations book, 1865 Apr.-1866 May, kept by treasurer Benjamin B. Sherman of New York City listing the names of donors to the Lincoln Memorial Fund. Dated entries record the donor's city of residence, amount donated, and the person, generally a postmaster, responsible for delivering the money.

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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...

Sherman, Benjamin B.

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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...

Lincoln Memorial Fund.

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Memorial fund established with aim of collecting $100,000 in one dollar donations to be invested for the benefit of Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln. From the description of Donor list, 1865 Apr.-1866 May. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58760080 ...