Lincoln In Worcester Massachusetts

[Craig Hipkins]

Dan & Roger,

I too have read somewhere that Lincoln shared a hotel room with Seward in Worcester when the two were campaigning for Zachary Taylor back in 1848. However, I have not found any credible evidence to support this. Former, (and at the time future) Massachusetts Governor Henry Gardner was at a dinner held in Worcester by Gov. Levi Lincoln. He does not mention Seward's presence at the dinner which he most certainly would have if he had been there. It is possible that it was an oversight on Gardner's part, as he was writing many years after the event. He does, however, mention that Seward and Lincoln spoke togehter at Faneuil Hall in Boston a few day's later. It would be interesting to find out where Lincoln slept in Worcester, while he was there. I'll seewhat I can find out!

Arthur Rugg writing many years after Lincoln's visit could not find many people that actually remembered Lincoln in the city. After all, at the time he was a young congressman from Illinois, and would not have attracted too much attention.

Craig

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