File:Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln (1906) (14587753670).jpg

Identifier: reminiscencesabomemimlinc (find matches)
Title: Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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Courtesy Mrs. J. T. Hobson,Odon, Indiana. Major J. B. Merwin, who was associated with Abraham Lincoln in their fight for prohibition ( Meyer, L. H, 111. \ Remembers Legal Fightsof Lincoln and Shaw ford county, Illinois. He had nT. W°°d-battles with Tom Shaw *nT any verbalhis case. Lincoln wasa^JiT/l1* Yoaand was a most wpIpUT Story tellerboarding housT W6lC°mTe f™!* at our■L. H. MEYER. -
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VMjup^- By Jim McNamara, Staff Photosrapher Lucy Shaw Meyer: It was late in April, 1865 ... District Woman RecallsNews of Lincolns Death By Liz Hillenbrand Staff Reporter Lucy Shaw first heard the)terrible news while her motherwas dressing her near the)kitchen stove in their Geneseo,:111., home. It was late in April, 1865,when George W. Shaw rushedhome from his law office totell them his acquaintance,Abraham Lincoln, was dead. So shocking was the newsthat Lucy, then 2Vz, has car-ried the memory of that daywith her. Now a widow of 93,living at 1010 25th st. nw., LucyShaw Meyer recalls: My father learned the newsat his office. There were notrains running through Gen-eseo then, so word had comeby horseback, and it must havebeen about two weeks afterLincoln died that they heard.Everyone was so shocked. My father knew him well.I remember, he asked, Whatwill the Nation do withouthim? Shaw first met Lincoln inSpringfield, 111., when he waslearning law. His memories ofthe man later were print

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