Letter from John Pitcairn to Allan Pinkerton regarding his part in the train ride carrying President Elect Abraham Lincoln enroute to his inauguration in Washington, D.C.
John Pitcairn gave a presentation, presumably aboard the S.S . Kroonland regarding his participation in the Abraham Lincoln's train trip enroute to his inauguration under the possible threat of assassination.
Normal Department formed that year. This photo is on page 36 of the Centennial Album "Toward a New Church University" published in 1976 by ANC. Back row: Vida Gyllenhaal, Goldie Heilman (Grote?), Dorothy Burnham, Mildred Glenn (Pitcairn), Eleanor…