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What incredible twist of fate connected Abraham Lincoln's family to his assassin's family months before his death?

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What incredible twist of fate connected Abraham Lincoln's family to his assassin's family months before his death?

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What incredible twist of fate connected Abraham Lincoln's family to his assassin's family months before his death?
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