Letter regarding Abraham Lincoln
Overview
Cynthia (Dychus) Richmond lived in Springfield, Illinois in early childhood, near Abraham Lincoln's home. In 1935, living in Kansas City, Missouri, she wrote to local coin and antiques dealer Hart D. Mayer, describing the Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin campaign medallion that she wore as a child and Lincoln's comments on it when she visited him at the Illinois Statehouse. Included with her letter is a facsimile reproduction of a photograph of Lincoln--the inscribed original dated August 9, 1854.
Dates
- Creation: September 3, 1935; letter of transmittal: March 13, 1947
Creator
- Richmond, Cynthia A. , 1849- (Person)
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Biography of Cynthia A. Richmond
Cynthia A. Richmond was born on September 25, 1849 in Springfield, Illinois to Benjamin Franklin and Rosanna (Smick) Dychus, whose home was located about a block from the residence of Abraham Lincoln. In 1854, when Cynthia was five, the family moved to Decatur, Illinois, where her father died prior to 1860. Lincoln, in private law practice at the time, assisted Mrs. Dychus in settling the estate. Cynthia Dychus married Francis Richmond on July 19, 1871 in Illinois. Within a year, they moved to Kansas, where their children were born. In later years, Cynthia and Francis Richmond lived with their daughter Anna and her husband John C. Borchert in Kansas City, Missouri.
Extent
2 folders ; 25 x 38 cm
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P800
Physical Location
RH MS-P P800
Separated Materials
Found laid in and separated from:
Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron, 1864-1945, Abraham Lincoln, RH C11063, Kansas Collection, Spencer Research Library.
Subject
- Mayer, Hart David, 1914-1998 (Person)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Person)
- Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Cynthia A. Richmond Letter
- Subtitle
- Letter regarding Abraham Lincoln
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; revised by, cl 2010; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007
- Date
- 2007
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9965870364
- Preferred citation
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Cynthia A. Richmond, b. 1849, Letter regarding Abraham Lincoln, Kansas Collection, RH MS P800, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository