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Hudson River Railroad

New York
· Abraham Lincoln
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In 1861, the Hudson River Railroad station stood on this site. Its first passenger was Abraham Lincoln, who came to New York on February 19, 1861, on the way to his inauguration as President of the United States. His funeral train left from here on April 25, 1865, for Springfield, Illinois.
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