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Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 04-30-2014 05:43 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)

Donna, since you mention the stove again, I find the following quite interesting. On the link there's written:

"A photocopy of an article (found in LIHO Accession File No. 1), which appeared in Wisconsin Magazine , January-February 1924, pictures an elaborate wood burning stove , patented in 1849, which, according to the Fuller-Werner Co., was used by Lincoln in his Springfield home. The Fuller-Werner Co. acquired the stove through Mr. Jones, who purchased it in 1873 in Springfield. This provenance is, however, not conclusive because of the twelve-year gap between the time the Lincolns sold their belongings and Mr. Jones' purchase of the stove. This stove is, however, very similar to the one shown in the Leslie's Illustrated drawing of the Lincolns' front parlor (on March 9, 1861). [Should be this:]

The Royal Oak cook stove now in the Lincoln Home Kitchen (LIHO 559), thought to have once been Mrs. Lincoln's, came back to the Home with several other items from the Oldroyd Collection. It has a well -documented history. The stove's provenance is described in the 1896 Descriptive Catalogue of the Oldroyd Collection by Charles Coe. He wrote:

Stove, cook; 'Royal Oak,' no. 9, manufactured by Jewett and Root, Buffalo, N.Y., 1855. This stove - an old-fashioned woodburner, with four lids, and a wide hearth, - was in use by the family previous to their departure for Washington. It is still in good serviceable condition. An accompanying affidavit made by the son of E. Kreigh, stove dealer Springfield, states that an entry in his father's books shows that Mr. Lincoln purchased the stove on the 9th of June, I860." An accompanying affidavit made by the son of E. Kreigh, stove dealer, Springfield, states that an entry in his father's books shows that Mr. Lincoln purchased the stove on the 9th of June, I860. The original affidavit appears to be missing; however, the stove is identifiable by a stamped manufacturer's mark, and the suggested history is plausible. Kreigh was a Springfield stove merchant and two checks for very small sums written by Mr. Lincoln to Springfield stove merchants, P. A. Dorwin & Co. (February 16, 1859) and D.J. Boynton (September 7, 1859) might indicate that his old stove was having repairs or worn parts replaced.'

This site is similar to the one on the link above, but more readable, and there are many links to illustrations:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_boo...iond-b.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_boo...o/hfrt.htm