02049cpcaa2200373 i 4500 mm2002084885 DLC 20260227111729.0 cr ||||||||||| 020415|||||||||||| eng mm2002084885 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Taft, Horatio Nelson, 1806-1888. Horatio Nelson Taft diary, 1861-1865. 4 items. Open to research. Three volume diary kept by Taft during Abraham Lincoln's administration in which Taft details events in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War years, including his connection with Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln family. Of special interest is Taft's description of Lincoln's assassination, based on accounts of Taft's friends and his son, who was one of the attending physicians at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot. The diary contains a genealogy of the Taft family dated 1860. Includes an undated photograph of Taft by Mathew Brady. Available through the Library of Congress Web site. Examiner for the U.S. Patent Office. Collection material in English. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Assassination. Lincoln family. Taft family Genealogy. United States Politics and government 1861-1865. Washington (D.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Examiners, U.S. Patent Office. itoamc Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer. Washington During the Civil War: the Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865. Washington During the Civil War: the Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000015 44619 44619