Taft, Horatio Nelson 1806-1888 creator Brady, Mathew B. approximately 1823-1896 photographer. mixed material monographic eng 4 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. Open to research. 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 mm2002084885 hdl:loc.mss/collmss.ms000015 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000015 Open to research. DLC 020415 20260227111729.0 mm2002084885 eng