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draped in the same way as the pilot locomotive, gave the signal at 8:00 am with a slow bell toll with other engines in the depot also tolling their bells. The
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Pay within sixty days the taxes due on the property (with the exception the road and the cars and engines used upon it) the
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arrived at five o'clock in Washington through the New Jersey Avenue Station, just two days before his inauguration. He was accompanied by his niece,
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authorized the B&O to build a branch from their main line within 8 miles (13 km) of Baltimore, to Washington, DC. It would be known as the
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left the Washington Depot for Baltimore, Maryland, its first stop in a journey which would finally lead them to Springfield, Illinois.
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starting on April 19. It was estimated at the time that close to 40,000 people had come to pay their respects at the time.
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had died at age 11 years on February 20, 1862, and had been interred in
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during his presidency) and other members of his family.
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