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Mary Lincoln: “A nice, chatty little letter” Shortly Before the Assassination of her Husband

Source: Library of Congress Blog ·

The Library has acquired and digitized a letter from Mary Lincoln written only two months before Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The "simple, chatty letter," as a Library historian describes, is written to a friend and shows Mary Lincoln's state of mind was as calm and hopeful as at any point during her time in the White House.

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