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andoneCCSwaLOU-:ict-etteicntall• A:-Dng ll to:eep : es-heycx~licitmedr.l 7iwhoit ho iredore,ink-thchave already been used for postage.35rs.IL§iiclt;*i2* tJ3evTotsUJ2cdOn Wednesday Sir:?. President Lincoln accompanied by her friend Mrs, Marston, under escort, drove in a carriage from the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, to tbo spacious rooms of the New Kurland He-lief Association, ia Broadway, for tbo purpose of showing some kindly attentions to the wounded under care in that institution. Mr3 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 rone wed impulse to their shattered energies. On the way from the Mctropnlitxan i Hotel the party stopped at the Park Hoa-! pital^and were escorted thro* the wards by Col. Bliss, Mrs. Lincoln seeming to bo uocply affected by the painful scenes coaling beneath her notice. It was an impressive sight to see the lady of the 1'resi-i dent uniusicriirj; to the eon solutions and comforts of those noble tuen, and it waa pleasant to see that they fully appreciated her womanly sympathy. 31 fa. Lin col a and party, in eluding her son Robert, left New York on Thursday morning.
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Indiana Messenger
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 30, 1862
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