Woodward of Brockton, Mass., errs in
supposing that Mr. Marsh was mistaken
when lie said ho had shaken hands with
Lincoln In New York as the latter passed
through there en route to his inaugura
tion in 1861, and also in his belief thnt
Mr. Lincoln reached Washington from
Hnrrlsburg through Philadelphia.
Mr. Marsh's recollection was keen and
vivid and pleasing to every Lincoln stu
dent Interested In hearing from anybody
who saw the Great Emancipator. It is
true that Mr. Lincoln readied Washing
ton in the way Mr. Woodward stipulate..",
but the fact is that Mr. Lincoln readied
Harrisburg from Springfield via Colum
bus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, BufTalo,
Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeep
sle, New York, Newark, Trenton, Phila
delphia, and that he spolco in every ono
of these places besides others on tho
way. He mnde four addresses in New
York on February 19 and 20, 1S61, na
Mr. Marsh says.
