Lincoln Letters and Lincolniana Highlight in Historic Review
A long magazine piece surveys Lincoln artifacts and documents. It notes Gardner photographs in 1865 and letters in Illinois holdings and discusses Lincoln’s writings from inaugural to court letters, plus the ongoing discovery of Lincolniana and the work of Paul M. Angle and the Abraham Lincoln Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Alexander Gardner
Washington
Charlies E. Davis
Decatur
Edward Lusk
Meredosia
Ill
United States
Stephen A. Douglas
Know Nothing” Party
Order of United Americans
Ku Klux Klan
Lusk
Keira
C. M. Smith
Springfield
Wirnale State Historical Library
Centennial Memorial
Elmo Scott Watson
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Association
Paul M. Angle
Houghton Mifflin Company
Nicolay and Hay
Gettysburg
Nicolas and Hay
Tandy- Thomas Company
Gilbert A. Tracy
Brown
Brown University
Mr. Angle
New York City
Milnonis
Indiana
Andrew Johnston
Quincy
Subs
Heiress and Gardianship Drama Shocks New Haven Court
Judge Gilson removes Medford Kellum as guardian of nine year old Anna Kellum and appoints Harriet Greenway at New Haven Probate Court. The case reveals past elopement with Elizabeth Lauder Kellum, Andrew Carnegie kin, and Kellum’s long, wandering life amid wealth from the Carnegie steel fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
John L. Gilson
Medford
Kellum
Anna Kellum
Pittsborzh
Andrew Carnegie
Connecticut
Elizabeth Lauder
Medford R. Kellum
Florida
New England
United States
Elizabeth Lander Kellum
George Lander
Medford RK
Tavernier
Fin
Anna
Harriet L. Greenway
James C. Greenway
Department of Health
Yale University
Gilson
Greenway
Polly Lander Tunney
James Willamson Bain
Miami
Fla
Probate
Virginia
South Atlantic
Mexican Gulf
George Lauder, Sr
Florida Keys
George Lauder
Elizabeth
Med
Kel- Tum
Waftor
Lauder- Carnegie
D A R Remembers Hero 150 Years After Death in Indiana
Columbia City IN honors Augustin Martin de La Balme, French Continental cavalry inspector general, for his 1779 Detroit expedition. A monument by the D A R marks the site of his massacre after he and his mixed force were attacked by a retaliatory Indian band during a northern Indiana march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Augustin Martin de la Balme
George Mogere Clark
Detroit
Massatre
Daughters of the
la Balme
Mra
J. F. Brenneman
Kaskaskia
Mississippi
Clark
Indiana
Miami
Woman Seeks 2000 Dollar Award Over Tree Death
Lillian H. Rhodes of 3450 Brows Street Northwest sues Washington Gas Light Co in District Supreme Court seeking $2000 for the death of a valuable shade tree damaged while gas pipe trenching. Attorneys Darrel F. Rhodes and Frank Brown represent her, alleging negligence by company agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District Supreme Court
Washington Gag Light Company
Lillian H. Rhodes
Brows Street
Northwest
Darrel F. Rhodes
Frank Brown
Opium Haul Seized by U S Customs in San Francisco
U S customs agents seize narcotics valued at 56000 after a guard spotted five packages tossed from the Asama Maru liner. Chinese cabin steward Ching Yung confessed ownership. steerage passenger Wong Ching is held as a accomplice as investigators recover 350 cans packed in canvas and cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Asama Maro
Nippon Yusen Kalsia Inc
Ching Yung
Wong Ching
P. L Scholl
Asana
Sehell
Mayflower Millstones Placed in Hastings Museum
Worn Mayflower millstones recently placed in the Hastings museum. The stones, from the McConnell family of Kearney, reportedly traveled on the Mayflower and served for years in an old Pennsylvania mill. They ground flour used by the Continental Army and remained active into later conflicts before being brought to Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickerman
Springfield
Bob
Harvard University
Lincoln
Angle
Henry E. Huntington
Eld
Cabriel Wells
New York City
Tyte
Hastings
Ny of Pale
B.J. Olson
Kear
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnston
Beveridge
Lanrein
Soctory
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Toren
Daniel Stevens Dickinson
New York
Chicago
Alton
Hyde
Prise
Pardem
Itepublican Party
Ee Ae
Dad
High Seas
Honolulu
Hawaii
South Seas
T Barkentine
Bernice P. Bishop
Pacific
Kellums
Reno
Fls
Hero
Port Eustis
United States Army
U. S
Ching Yune
Wong-Ching
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