Gertrude Dunn diary, 1865.

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Gertrude Dunn diary, 1865.

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Gertrude Dunn kept this diary from April 6-May 8, 1865 during a visit to Washington, D. C., where she saw President Abraham Lincoln shot. The diary also contains a copy of a letter describing the event.

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8123570

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Dunn, Gertrude.

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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...