Horatio Nelson Taft diary, 1861-1865.

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Horatio Nelson Taft diary, 1861-1865.

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Three volume diary kept by Taft during Abraham Lincoln's administration in which Taft details events in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War years, including his connection with Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln family. Of special interest is Taft's description of Lincoln's assassination, based on accounts of Taft's friends and his son, who was one of the attending physicians at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot. The diary contains a genealogy of the Taft family dated 1860. Includes an undated photograph of Taft by Mathew Brady.

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Taft, Horatio Nelson, 1806-1888

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Examiner for the U.S. Patent Office. From the description of Horatio Nelson Taft diary, 1861-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984613 ...

Taft family

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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...

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

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Mathew Brady was a prominent American photographer, best known for his battlefield photos during the Civil War. From the description of Mathew Brady letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 82087446 From the description of Letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50061938 Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823-1896) was a...

Lincoln family.

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