Lincoln's birthday

[Eva Elisabeth]

(01-16-2017 09:40 PM)Steve Wrote:  Looking at Lincoln's collected works for anything that mentions his age prior to 1850, I found this May 26, 1830 petition signed by Lincoln as a "qualified voter" in Decatur, Illinois. The voting age in Illinois at the time was 21.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/linc...w=fulltext

Good idea to ckeck this, and one valid argument! (Just curious - in order to qualify I wonder how age was proven in those days? If someone couldn't come up with a birth certificate?)

(01-17-2017 05:01 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Hopefully folks with younger eyes than me can tell what Deborah Smallwood looked like.

Roger - I don't know but guess W.H. Mumler took the photo...