Sarah Gooll Putnam kept a consistent collection of diaries beginning at age nine ( November 26 , 1860 ) . The documents are a record of her career as a portrait painter , her extensive travels , and significant historic moments . When she was fourteen , Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14 , 1865 . Though primarily living in Boston , Massachusetts , she recorded the shock and sadness of hearing about the Lincoln assassination
Lincoln assassination
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Sarah Gooll Putnam