Fannie Ford Letter Regarding the Assassination of President Lincoln   Save
Fannie Ford Papers
Description: Fannie Ford of Jackson, Ohio, wrote this letter on May 10, 1865 from Oxford Female Seminary in Oxford, Ohio. She tells of her reactions to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. She writes of her house at the seminary being draped with the flag and some of the women wearing mourning clothes. She expresses her joy at the prospect of the end of the Civil War and reports on making "comfort bags" for the Christian Commission. The letter is four pages and measures 5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1346_1143024_013
Subjects: Education; Presidents and Politics; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio); Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)