Lincoln at the Library | When Family History Research Leads to a Box of Civil War Letters and Writing a Book

On October 28, 2026, at 6:30 PM ET, the Allen County Public Library is hosting Tonya McQuade via Zoom.

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Hear the story of how Tonya McQuade’s new book, A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree of Andrew County, Missouri came to be. It’s the story of what happens when someone contacts you on Ancestry.com, offering you a box of old family letters rescued from a garbage heap, and suddenly your life trajectory changes. In this latest installment of the Allen County Public Library’s Lincoln at the Library program series, Tonya McQuade presents “When Family History Research Leads to a Box of Civil War Letters and Writing a Book.” Join this free program via Zoom on October 28, 2026, at 6:30 PM ET.

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Lincoln at the Library is sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library