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Article on Lincoln 1856 speech with photo from 1865 indignation meeting. [1908/1909 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0619 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper Date: 1908/1909 ca. Pagination: 1 clipping Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 27.9 cm Order a Copy

The newspaper article is dated April 3 but there are two other dates written on the item. Inscription in upper left corner: "Miss Bessie Hallett April 7, 1909." Inscripiton in upper right corner: "Bessie Hallett." Inscription on bottom: "April 5, 1908 Interocean April 5/08." Caption under photo of indignation meeting (same image as .618): "Remarkable photo taken at Bloomington, Illinois April, 25th 1865 showing indignation meeting over the death of Lincoln." However, the article describes an Abraham Lincoln speech given on May 29, 1856.
See GLC 5111.01.0618

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