Abolitionist, Lincoln elector, Masonic leader, and Broadway’s first legal champion—Abram J. Dittenhoefer lived a life that reads like a novel. Discover the story of the Jewish New Yorker who turned down a judgeship from Lincoln and once tried Mark Twain for “unconscionable lying.”

During the Civil War, Hallett served with distinction as a Private in Company K of the 137th New York Infantry. His journey from Hallett’s Cove to the battlefields of the Civil War reflected a commitment to duty and country, just as deep as his devotion to Astoria.