The Dec. 13th Daily Herald reports that a $20 million Lincoln collection of photographs, documents, and books will be staying in Indiana after all and will be housed in the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.
It was once housed in the now-defunct Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne. THE 20,000 items are considered to be the largest private collection around. It was donated by the Lincoln Financial Foundation which relocated from Ft. Wayne to Philadelphia in 1999. Among the items are signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation, his wallet, and the chair he sat in for the historic photographs of him.
And, Just in Time for the Bicentennial of His Birth. --B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
