. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . toWashington, Mr. Lincolnstrain stopped at recollected his little cor-respondent, and spoke of herto ex-Lieutenant-governorGeorge W. Patterson, whocalled out and asked ifGrace Bedell was was a large, surgingmass of people gatheredabout the train, but Gracewas discovered at a distance;the crowd opened a pathwayto the coach, and she came,timidly but gladly, to thepresident-elect, who told h
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . toWashington, Mr. Lincolnstrain stopped at recollected his little cor-respondent, and spoke of herto ex-Lieutenant-governorGeorge W. Patterson, whocalled out and asked ifGrace Bedell was was a large, surgingmass of people gatheredabout the train, but Gracewas discovered at a distance;the crowd opened a pathwayto the coach, and she came,timidly but gladly, to thepresident-elect, who told her that she might see that he had allowed his whiskers to grow at her , reaching out his long arms, he drew her up to him and kissed her. Theact drew an enthusiastic demonstration of approval from the multitude. Graceis now, in 1896, a married lady, living in Kansas, and the wife of a lianker. Herpresent name is Grace Bedell Billings. Great precaution was used in Mr. Lincolns passage from Ilarrisburg, Pennsyl-vania, to Washington, and many accounts, differing in their statements, havebeen printed. Threats had been made that Mr. Lincoln, on his way to Washington,. ;RACE IlKDELL lilLLINGS. 14i ABKAHAM LINCOLN. should never pass through Baltimore. Mr. Herndou says, in his Life of Lincoln,that it was reported and believed that conspiracies had been formed to attackthe train and blow it up with explosives, or in some equally effective way disposeof the president-elect. Mr. Seward and others were so deeply impressed by thereports that Allen Pinkerton, a noted detective of Chicago, was employed toinvestigate the reports and ferret out the conspiracy, if any existed. This shrewddetective opened on office as a stock-broker, and, with his assistants, the mostnoted of whom was a woman, was soon in possession of inside information. Achange of plans and trains at Harrisburg was due to his management and Lincoln had advised General Scott of the threats of violence on t
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