Amazingly, they are still finding Lincoln stuff. And there was a lot more of interest in the Ohio bank vault where his check for $800 was recently found. Who knows what might be out there for history geeks to discover?

http://news.yahoo.com/check-lincoln-wrote-day-being-shot-found-154959730.html

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Colin Woodward is a writer, historian, archivist, and recovering podcaster. His latest book is Country Boy: the Roots of Johnny Cash, winner of the Ragsdale Award for best book on Arkansas history, 2022. He has also written for the Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Arkansas Times, Style Weekly (Richmond, Va.), and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He lives in Richmond.

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