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Presidential Library and Mary Lincoln’s financial woes

SPRINGFIELD — In 1865, Mary Lincoln was a frantic widow worried about paying down her enormous debt. Benjamin B. Sherman was a generous Wall Street banker. Concerned about Mrs. Lincoln, he raised money from coast to coast to help the slain president’s family.

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