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One woman's monument to Lincoln - The Boston Globe
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· Mary Bowditch Forbes, the last member of the Forbes family to live in the mansion, built the one-room cabin in the 1920s to house her collection of artifacts and ...
Forbes House Museum – History
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Mary Bowditch Forbes (1878–1962), granddaughter of the Captain, was the last family member to live permanently at the mansion. She collected President Lincoln and Civil War memorabilia, now part of the Museum’s permanent collection. In 1923, Ms. Bowditch Forbes had a replica of Lincoln’s birthplace built on the grounds of the estate.
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