. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. WAYNEHISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. MUSEUM, SWINNEY PARK FORT WAYNE. INDIANA March 13, 195S Dr. R. Gerald McMurtry, DirectorLincoln Museum Lincoln National Life Insurance Wayne, Indiana Dear Dr. McMurtry: The following information concerning thetwo pictures of the Lincoln funeral train was writ-ten in a letter from Dr. Herbert L. Heller? Associ-ate Professor of Education, DePauw University. These are photographic reprints of twopictures I found in Michigan City. They show thefuneral train of Lincoln as it stopped in MichiganCity on the way to Chicago.
. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. WAYNEHISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. MUSEUM, SWINNEY PARK FORT WAYNE. INDIANA March 13, 195S Dr. R. Gerald McMurtry, DirectorLincoln Museum Lincoln National Life Insurance Wayne, Indiana Dear Dr. McMurtry: The following information concerning thetwo pictures of the Lincoln funeral train was writ-ten in a letter from Dr. Herbert L. Heller? Associ-ate Professor of Education, DePauw University. These are photographic reprints of twopictures I found in Michigan City. They show thefuneral train of Lincoln as it stopped in MichiganCity on the way to Chicago. I believe it came upthe Monon and was transferred to the Michigan Cen-tral - now New York Central tracks,at Michigan City. Youll be able to judge how accurate theabove information about the railroads is. We knowDr. Heller through the State Historical Bureau andhe has done a great deal of work with the EducationCommittee of the State Historical Society. Hope thephotos will fill a gap in your collection. Sincerely,Museum Director RWH/ch. December 15, 1961 Dear Mr. McMurtry: The copies of Lincoln Lore were of great and timely assistance in my LincolnExhibit for the Annual Meeting of the Michigan City Historical Society and! wish to thank you as well as to report on their use. On a map of the Northeastern States issued by American Automobile Associ-ation, I traced the route followed by the Lincoln funeral train from Washing-ton to Springfield, Illinois. Clippings from Lincoln Lore and othersources were pasted near city stops so that quite a history of the movementcould be read. Of course, I featured the ceremony at Michigan City onMay 1, 1865, and believe you will be interested in having the two enclosedpictures taken on that date. The boy in white in the group at left of the archpicture has been identified as Martin Krueger who saw Lincolns body bycrowding behind a lady wearing a hoop skirt as if she were his mother. MartinKrueger was an immigrant boy from Germany who later s
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