Letter from Charles Tinker (Brooklyn, New York) to James R.B. Van Cleave (Springfield, Illinois), March 23, 1909
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| Title | Letter from Charles Tinker (Brooklyn, New York) to James R.B. Van Cleave (Springfield, Illinois), March 23, 1909 |
| Creator | Tinker, Charles |
| Date | 1909-03-23 |
| Decade | 1900s |
| Description | Charles Tinker wrote this letter to James R.B. Van Cleave, explaining that in 1857 Abraham Lincoln visited the Tazewell House hotel in Pekin, Illinois, where Tinker was employed as a telegraph operator, and that Tinker showed Lincoln the operation of a telegraph. Tinker wrote that he joined the United States Army during the Civil War, and met Lincoln again while Tinker served as a cipher operator in Washington, D.C. |
| Extent | 3 sheets (6 pages) |
| Dimensions | 28 cm |
| Language | English |
| Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder | MS 134; Folder 1 |
| Collection Title | James R.B. Van Cleave Collection |
| Rights | No Copyright - United States |
| Rights Description | This item is in the public domain. |
| Acquisition information | Purchased 2022 with support from Dr. Harlan Horner estate |
| Repository | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
| Type | Correspondence |
| Identifier | 0134_0001_13 |
| Collection | James R.B. Van Cleave Collection of Lincoln Centenary Letters (Digitized Content) |
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