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Transcripts for KPIX CBS Weekend News 20220102 01:50:00

And this is where all the books were kept. reporter: lincoln played checkers in the parlor with veterans and wounded soldiers, and met out on the veranda with members of his cabinet. it was a place he could escape the rigors of the presidency and enjoy peace and quiet with his family. reporter: the lincolns came here to quietly mourn the death of their 11-year-old son, willie, who died of typhoid fever. through this window he can actually see a cemetery. reporter: as the bloody civil war raged on, lincoln would also mourn the loss of union soldiers as he watched them laid to rest. he sat here and worked on it. yes. reporter: it was in this room where president lincoln wrote the emancipation proclamation on a desk exactly like this. the original resides in the white house. he used to take little strips of paper and tear them off and he would write one idea at a time. reporter: wow. slowly, meticulously, piecing the document together. it was a sanctuary. reporter: ....

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