Home of Abraham Lincoln

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Stock #: 476171

Type: Postcard

Era: Divided Back

City: Springfield

State: Illinois (IL)

County: Sangamon

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons

Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States, was born near Hodgenville, Larue Co., Ky. Feb. 12th 1809. He did not attend college. In 1826 he moved to Springfield and practiced law. In 1827 he married Mary Todd. Lincoln served but a little more than a month of a second term as President when he was assassinated while at Ford's Theatre, Washington, on April 14th, 1863, by John Wilkes Booth. He expired on the following morning. He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Ill., Mrs. Lincoln died in 1882.

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"HOMES OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTS." Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" Postcard 2900. ART PUBLISHERS TO THE R MAJEST ES THE KING & QUEEN. MAL FOR PROMES By Appointment. Springfield-Home of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States, was born near Hodgenville, Larue Co., Ky., Feb. 12th, 1809. He did not attend college. In 1836 he moved to Spring- field and practised law. In 1842 he married Mary Todd. Lincoln served but a little more than a month of a second term as President, when he was assassinated while at Ford's Theatre, Washington, on April 14th, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth. He expired on the following morning. He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Ill. Mrs. Lincoln died in 1882. ARTISTIC TRADE MADE 5

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