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Abe Lincoln is on the inaugural ball committee for Z. Taylor...
Abe Lincoln is on the inaugural ball committee for Z. Taylor...
Item # 686937
March 03, 1849
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1849
* Early Abraham Lincoln
* 12 years prior to presidency
The back page has a list of the "Managers" for the "Grand Inauguration Ball" to be held March 5 in honor of incoming President Zachary Taylor, and among them is: "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Ill." The bkpg. also has a similar list of the "Managers" of the: "National Inauguration Ball which includes the names: "Hon. S. A. Douglas, Ill. and Hon. A. Lincoln, Ill."
Lincoln was a member of the House at the time. Little could he have imagined that a dozen years later there would be an inauguration ball for him.
Page 2 has over half a column taken up with: "The Inauguration - Order of Procession" with all the details of Taylor's inaugural parade including the: "Programme' "Route" and: "Regulations". This content would only be found in a newspaper from the nation's capital.
Four pages, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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