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Mary Todd Lincoln Should Be Remembered for Many Kind Acts, Chenery Says
- Creator:
- William Dodd Chenery, Illinois State Register
- Location:
- Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield
- Origin Date:
- 1938
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 20 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.2358
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This reprint of an article published in the February 27, 1938, "Illinois State Register" written by William Dodd Chenery was written in response to an article originally published on February 9 as a protest to stories printed about Mrs. Lincoln's temper. Mr. Chenery relates stories of Mrs. Lincoln's kindnesses to a neighbor family, the Dallmans, told to him by Mrs. Dallman in her senior years. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
