Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inauguration . u-tion hauled it the rest of the trip. Inmany ways the President-elect was im-pressed with the importance of pre-sei-ving both the Union and the Con-stitution. At an Orphan Asylum on the out-skirts of New York City the childrenhad been lined up beside the railroadtrack vath the hope of getting aglimpse of Mr. Lincoln. Although theslowly moving train was not sched-uled to stop, Mr. Lincoln had it de-tained a moment so that he mightgreet them. On Wednesday, February 20, attended the Irving PlaceOpera House in New York City at thesolicitation of th
Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inauguration . u-tion hauled it the rest of the trip. Inmany ways the President-elect was im-pressed with the importance of pre-sei-ving both the Union and the Con-stitution. At an Orphan Asylum on the out-skirts of New York City the childrenhad been lined up beside the railroadtrack vath the hope of getting aglimpse of Mr. Lincoln. Although theslowly moving train was not sched-uled to stop, Mr. Lincoln had it de-tained a moment so that he mightgreet them. On Wednesday, February 20, attended the Irving PlaceOpera House in New York City at thesolicitation of the reception commit-tee. Probably he would have preferredto visit the Winter Garden, where Ed-win Booth (brother of John WilkesBooth) and J. W. Walleck, Jr., wereappearing as Othello and lago. Tadand Willie Lincoln accompanied byan attendant went to Laura Keenstheater that evening. BAKEU LIBHAUY, irAHVAHl) HUSINKHS SCHOOL. UOHTON, MASS. K. risiiEH1>1ENT John W. Mehhim. OUBATOH. Wahiieiv Jacobs sm-llKTAIIV S. recuktautCiKoitoi!: P. Beckgh THEAHUnER Mfty 30, 1940 Dr« Louis A« warron. Director*Linooln National Life Foundation,Fort wayno, Indiana*Dear Dr. ^mrren;- Will you kindly advise if you Icnow the nameof the Fireman on the special train of Abraham Linooln, leavingSpringfield, Ills, on the morning of February 11, 1861. Our record of the engine and crew la asfollows;• Engine L. M. Itfiley. One baggage car and passenger coach. Conductor Walter C. E. H. Posip Thomas Ross. The engine L. M. ®filey was built by theHinkley Locomotive Works, Albany Street, Boston, Mass. andwas completed September 21, 1855. It was a 4-4-0 type 14x22cyl. 54 driv. and was the 568th engine turned out by theHinkley works. This was the only Hinkley engine owned bythe Great Western, all the others being Rogers, which probablyaccounts for the fact that the reporters at Springfie
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