Lincoln and the child
Subtitle: a hitherto untold story
By: by Henry D. Lyman
Published: 1909
Language: eng
Subjects: Anecdotes
Description: The author recounts an incident when he was a ten-year-old living in Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. He and his friend, Hattie Winter, sneaked in to the official White House reception on January 1, 1863, known as the "Emancipation Proclamation Reception."  Abraham Lincoln welcomed the two children illustrating his love for children.
Notes: Detached from Harper's Weekly, edited by George Harvey, May 8, 1909.

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