Possible Lincoln artifact discovered!

[Eva Elisabeth]

I agree a carpenter wouldn't have carved into the top. I apologize, in the very moment I had forgotten about the location. However, I don't think the name unique. It makes a catchy, short nickname for Thaddeus, and "Thomas Aloysius Dorgan (1877 – 1929), also known as Tad Dorgan, was an American cartoonist who signed his drawings as Tad" (Wiki). I don't mean he was it, just one other example for one (creative) Tad.

Here, print hadn't been taught at all until some years ago.