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Title: Letter from E. D. (Edward Davis) Townsend to his wife "Nannie", 1865, April 28
Creator: Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865-04-28
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Manuscript letter addressed to “My Darling Nannie”, from Edward Davis Townshend, dated Cleveland Ohio, April 28, 1865. General Townsend, the officer in charge of escorting Lincoln’s remains on the journey to Springfield recounts his emotions and experiences to his wife. First line: “We have arrived thus far on our mournful journey.”
With black mourning border on first page.
Extent: [4] p. ; 13 x 21 cm, unfolded to 26 x 21 cm (8 x 4 5/8 in, unfolded to 8 x 9 5/8 in)
Identifier: 441054:07
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/5840
Language: English
Subject: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Funeral journey to Springfield
Letters (correspondence) United States 19th century. (aat)
Source: United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: Abraham Lincoln, April 1865 : [scrapbook of funeral and mourning memorabilia]
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. David Herlihy, February 1975.

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