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oneiocswaLOU-(ict-ctte3ont t all Lsons h to:eep l es-heycsinch me'I ir.l 7iwho . w ho ire* clovc. mk-. thertiiTf*7^vs.lu~nmh\ vi*l*;i« vTossn^fld Oq Wednesday Sir:?. Present Lincoln accompanied by her friend Mrs. Marston, under escort, drove in a carriage from the Metropolitian Hotel, New York, to tho spacious rooms of the New Lug land Relief Association, in Broadway, fur tho purpose of showing some kindly attentions to the wounded under care in that institution. JIr3 Lincoln passed through the various wards and conversed cheerily with the men who had been so honorably scarred iu battle while defending the Union against traitors. Her presence among them was the occasion of reanimating their hopes, and imparting a renewed impulse to their shattered energies- On the way from the Metropolitan| Hotel the party stopped at the Park Hoa-pital,aad were escorted thro* tho wards by (Jol. Bliss, Mrs. Lincoln seeming to bo deeply affected by the pain fa! scenes coming beneath her notice. It was an impressive sight to see the lady of the l'resi-ident ministering to the coo solutions and comforts of those noble men, and it waa pleasant to sec that they fully appreciated her womanly sympathy. 31 ra. Lin col a and party, in eluding her soo Robert, left New York on Thursday morning.AU'vAliiig; Scene.
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Indiana Messenger
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 30, 1862
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