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Where did the Lincolns live after the Globe Tavern?
04-10-2018, 04:32 AM
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RE: Where did the Lincolns live after the Globe Tavern?
I am curious about the very first reference to this small home in the Lincoln literature. Possibly if we can find the initial information in a book or article we might discover the source. Right now the oldest book I have that mentions it is the one by W.A. Evans (1932). He says the home was on Monroe Street. I think all the other books I have that mention it say it was located at 214 S. Fourth Street.

I am going to check some earlier works and see if there is a reference prior to 1932. Yesterday I checked Sandburg's Prairie Years (1926), and Sandburg skips this time period completely:

"The Lincoln couple boarded and roomed at $4.00 per * week in the plain Globe Tavern, where their first baby came August 1, 1843, and was named Robert Todd. Soon after, they moved into their own home, bought for $1,500, a story-and-a-half frame house a few blocks from the city center."
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RE: Where did the Lincolns live after the Globe Tavern? - RJNorton - 04-10-2018 04:32 AM

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