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Monday, August 17, 2009

Finding Lincoln at a flea market

Finding Lincoln at a flea market

Aug 17, 2009 11:06 AM — Scott Jagow

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/scratchpad/2009/08/finding_lincoln_at_a_flea_mark.html

A guy buys a box of old papers at a flea market. He’s a history buff, so he’s into that kind of thing. He gets the box home and sorts through it. Lo and behold, at the bottom of that stack is an envelope with Abraham Lincoln’s signature on it. Turns out, it could be the last thing President Lincoln ever signed.

The envelope says simply: “Let this man enter with this note. April 14, 1865. A. Lincoln.” From the Morning Journal of Northern Ohio:

Read the entire article here: Finding Lincoln at a flea market

Aug 17, 2009 11:06 AM — Scott Jagow

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/scratchpad/2009/08/finding_lincoln_at_a_flea_mark.html

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