Papers. 1864-1936.

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Papers. 1864-1936.

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Profesor of engineering, Dartmouth College. Photocopies of diary excerpts, 1870-1872; 10 pamphlets on engineering and engineering education written by Robert Fletcher. Fletcher's diary, 1856-1934, covering his cadet years, 1864-1868. This includes a description of the cadet's last farewell to Abraham Lincoln as his funeral car passed through Garrison, N.Y.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Fletcher, Robert, 1847-1936

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Thayer School of Civil Engineering

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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...