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March 04, 1857

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Wednesday, March 4, 1857.
 En route to Springfield, IL.

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Lincoln is recognized on train by Alfred Hyde, convict being taken to Alton penitentiary, who asks about obtaining pardon. Lincoln is impressed by Hyde's "gentlemanly appearance" and his claim of friendship with Senator Daniel S. Dickinson of New York. Hyde to Lincoln, 25 March 1857, 1858, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Abraham Lincoln to Daniel S. Dickinson, 3 August 1858, CW, 2:535. 

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            <place key='' teiForm='name'>En route</place> to <place key='39.8000, -89.6333' teiForm='name'>Springfield, IL</place>.
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Lincoln is recognized on train by Alfred Hyde, convict being taken to 
Alton penitentiary, who asks about obtaining pardon. Lincoln is 
impressed by Hyde's "gentlemanly appearance" and his claim of 
friendship with Senator Daniel S. Dickinson of New York.
<bibl default='NO'>Hyde to Lincoln, 25 March 1857, 1858, Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; <xref from='ROOT' url='http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln2;node=lincoln2%3A556' targOrder='U' to='DITTO'>Abraham Lincoln to Daniel S. Dickinson</xref>, 3 August 1858, <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 2:535.</bibl>
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