Pieces of the Scaffold?
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06-24-2013, 06:38 AM
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RE: Pieces of the Scaffold?
(06-22-2013 08:59 PM)Hess1865 Wrote: I heard that when people would write Herndon if he had any Lincoln signatures lying around, Billy would grab a pair of scissors, cut Abe's autograph off a letter or document and send it out! Robert Todd Lincoln did the same right up to the 1920's. He always cut the signature off a letter or check. One was auctioned a few years back with RTL's response letter to a young boy who had written asking for a signature. RTL said it was one of "the very few" he had left. "There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg" |
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