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Letters about Andrew Lincoln Lyon, 1925 May 1st.
Wyles SC 139LOCAL
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Title:
Letters about Andrew Lincoln Lyon, 1925 May 1stCreator/Contributor:
Lyon, Andrew Lincoln.Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
One holograph letter about a meeting with Andrew Lincoln Lyon in Asbury Park, New Jersey during which he mentions General
Lyon being a leader in Missouri and saving the border state to the Union, being a descendent of the Lincolns, and being at
Abraham Lincoln's funeral in Chicago, Illinois sixty years earlier. One typed letter signed by Andrew Lincoln Lyon recounts
in detail Lincoln's funeral on May 1st, 1865 in Chicago, including the presence of Gen. Joe Hooker, Gen. Dix, and Long John
Wentworth, a local celebrity and former Mayor of Chicago.
Date:
1925 (issued)Subject:
Hooker, Joseph -- 1814-1879Dix, John A. (John Adams) -- 1798-1879
Wentworth, John -- 1815-1888
Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Death and burial
Dix, John A. (John Adams) -- 1798-1879
Hooker, Joseph -- 1814-1879
Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865
Wentworth, John -- 1815-1888
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Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Letters about Andrew Lincoln Lyon. Wyles SC 139. Department of Special Collections, Davidson
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Type:
Personal correspondence.letters (correspondence)
personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.
Physical Description:
2 items (4 leaves) ; 22 x 14 cm ; 23 x 17 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
Wyles SC 139LOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.