Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . Saw President-Elect atHotel on Way to In- \%>Jl auguration. BY JOHN A. CRAWFORD. Mrs. Elizabeth Blake McDowell, 89,of Medina saw Lincoln. In February, 1861, while a studentat Lake Erie Seminary, Painesville,she was ill and her mother was tak-ing her home to Medina. They w/es^ G. stayed here_at tlip Weddell House,then where the Rockefeller Buildingis now, Superior Avenue N. W. andW. 6th Street. Lincoln was thereon his way from Springfield, 111., toWashington to be inaugurated. Could we see Mr. Lincoln? hermother asked the hotel proprietor. Mr. Lincoln ca
Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . Saw President-Elect atHotel on Way to In- \%>Jl auguration. BY JOHN A. CRAWFORD. Mrs. Elizabeth Blake McDowell, 89,of Medina saw Lincoln. In February, 1861, while a studentat Lake Erie Seminary, Painesville,she was ill and her mother was tak-ing her home to Medina. They w/es^ G. stayed here_at tlip Weddell House,then where the Rockefeller Buildingis now, Superior Avenue N. W. andW. 6th Street. Lincoln was thereon his way from Springfield, 111., toWashington to be inaugurated. Could we see Mr. Lincoln? hermother asked the hotel proprietor. Mr. Lincoln cannot be seen. Heis at dinner in his rooms. But if youwill be on the portico tomorrowmorning at 7, you may see him. Hetakes the 8 oclock train. Lincolns trip to the inauguration,you recall, was made with great cau-tion. Assassination was feared. Secretservice men guided him. They pre-ceded the published itinerary by twoweeks. Lincoln had spoken at Co-lumbus and said a few words at theWeddell House. White-haired Mrs. McDowell tellsof the next morning: Mother and I were on the porticoat 7 oclock. Mr. and Mrs. Lincolncame down the hotel steps. Helooked around, saw us and lifted hishat and smiled—oh, the sweetestsmile. Im sure it was to motherand me he bowed. There was noone else there. Then he handed Mrs. Lincoln
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