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View of Sangamon River
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1901-1908
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.1543
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This postcard shows the bend in the Sangamon River where the New Salem mill and dam were located in the 1830s while Abraham Lincoln resided in New Salem, Illinois. A handwritten note on the reverse states "No. 12 View of River from [Old Salem] State Park showing dam which prevented Lincoln from going down the river further [with the flatboat]." Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
