Lincoln's Bodyguard Remembers the Martyr President
Col William H Crook, Lincoln's longtime bodyguard and White House attache, recalls intimate war and presidential years. He details night patrols, a fear of assassination, and scenes at Ford's Theatre plus relics he preserves from Lincoln and other presidents.
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Abraham Lincoln
William H. Crook
Crook
United States
Secret Service
Lincoln
White House
War Department
Col. Crook
Ford
Booth
Smith
Surrat
Maryland
Eo. Crook
City of
Washington
Alexander Smith
Robert T. Lincoln
China Service
Lincoln Toy Shop and Tad’s White House visits
A hidden frame building near the White House housed Joseph Stuntz’s toy shop where Tad Lincoln and occasionally Abraham Lincoln bought toys during the Civil War. The article notes Tad’s martial play, Lincoln’s gifts, and the shop’s long family ownership since 1855, with visits by staff like Tom Pender and ties to wartime events.
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Tad
Tad Lincoln
War Department
Stanton
United States Volunteers
White House
Joseph Stuntz
Napoleon
Lincoln
Thomas Pendel
Pendel
Tom Pen
Pender
President Lincoln
Ford
Washington
Fredericksburg
Lincoln's Repartee in Old Rail Craft Story
Uncle Joe Cannon recalls a Decatur Illinois convents event where Dennis Hanks and Abraham Lincoln allegedly made walnut rails in 1830. The crowd shouted and Lincoln joked about splitting rails, weaving a playful tale of their craftsmanship.
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Joe Cannon
Abe” Lincoln
Illinois
Decatur
Lincoln
Dennis Hanks
Dick Oglesby
Abe Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Lincoln tall and vain Nah tall man jokes about height
A Lincoln anecdote recalls a visitor taller by three inches. Lincoln remarks he must look up to the man and adds a quip about wading out if ever in a deep place. The brief exchange highlights Lincoln's humor about stature.
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Lincoln
Petersburg
Blackstone
Springfield
SKY LIGHT WINTER NOTES AND LOCAL CALLS
Winter weather persists as residents report visits and illness. Local names include Miss Conza Dudley, Mrs. Jessie Woodard, Mrs. Chalmer Moore, Sturd Conner, Mrs. Oscar McMahan, Mrs. W. T. Murduck, Miss Amy Mashino, Cleo Woodard, and the Wolfe family. Dr King’s New Discovery praised for coughs, lung trouble, and croup, with a free trial bottle offered.
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Conza Dudley
Jessie Woodard
Frankie Bowles
Katherine
Chalmer Moore
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Daniel W. Ayers
The
National Magazine
Col
W H. Crook
W. H. Crook
Lincoln “S Toy Shop
By Walden Fawcett
National Capital
Stuntz
Waterloo
Sullivan County
Ladies Queen Quality Hosiery
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe CO
H. C. Hanna & CO
Terre Haute, Ind
South 4Th St
SKY
Sturd Conner
Oscar McMahan
W. T. Murduck
John Clark
Amy Mashino
Cleo Woodard
Jote Wolfe Caleld
C. Brust
Sullivan
Lewis Chamblin
Manchester
Ohio
Ghidrea
Cry For Fletcher
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