1860: Lincoln Visits Five Points.

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1860: Lincoln Visits Five Points.

12-13-2019, 10:33 PM

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RE: 1860: Lincoln Visits Five Points.

(12-13-2019 05:50 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Here is the account in Francis B. Carpenter's Six Months at the White House:

When Mr. Lincoln visited New York in 1860, he felt a great interest in many of the institutions for reforming criminals and saving the young from a life of crime. Among others, he visited, unattended, the Five Points' House of Industry, and the Superintendent of the Sabbath-school there gave the following account of the event:

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