Abraham Lincoln, Charles E. Troutman, and the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania

Presented by Anthony Stem and Dr. Joshua Tonkel

Late last year, Anthony Stem was stunned by a brief mention in an Abraham Lincoln biography of an 1860 letter from future president Lincoln to students at the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania (Penn State). After viewing the letter, Anthony used archival material & AI to reveal how students including Charles E. Troutman engaged with prominent figures of the era through honorary memberships & correspondence. Join Anthony and Dr. Joshua Tonkel for a dramatic story of forgotten letters, a “censored” diary, and firsthand accounts of how Troutman and Penn State’s earliest students experienced the onset of the Civil War.

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