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Title: Abraham Lincoln's appearance
Year: 1930s or 1940s Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Foot Footwear
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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Lincolns Death7 Boots Cynthia Haley holds up theboots Abraham Lincoln Morewhen he was assassinated. RuthHatch, Lynn, Mass., historyteacher, says that she inheritedthem from her grandfather,Justin Hatch, a Civil War secretservice agent. He received them,family tradition states, from afriend and fellow lodger in theWashington rooming housewhere the President was carriedafter he was shot in nearbyFords Theater. (AP)
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—Associated Press WirephotoCYNTHIA HALEY Miss Haley holds up the boots Abraham Lincoln wore when he was assassinated. Ruth Hatch, Lynn, history teacher, says she inherited them from her grandfather, Justin Hatch, a Civil War Secret Service agent. He received them, family tradition states, from a friend andfellow-lodger in theWashingtonrooming housewhere thePresidentwas carriedafter he wasshot in nearbyFords Theater.The boots wereauthenticatedyears ago by arepresentativeof the New-York firm thatmade them forLincoln,Miss Hatchsaid. NEW HAVEN EVENING REGISTER, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12, 194 7 liArman Pri«Anpr« Hicr SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM WASHINGTON 25, D. C. October 21, 1952 Dr. Louis A. Warren Lincoln National Life Foundation Fort Wayne, Indiana Dear Dr. Warren: At the suggestion of Miss Margaret Drown of this Institutionand Mr. McClure of the Lincoln Museum, I am writing to ask whetheryou know of the existence of any of Lincolns hoots or shoes, asidefrom the

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