Abraham Lincoln in New Bedford, Massachusetts

[RJNorton]

Thanks, Rob. I have Abraham Lincoln and His Ancestors (Bison Books edition of In the Footsteps of the Lincolns), and it's readily apparent in chapter 7 that Ida accepted Caroline Hitchcock's research and rejected Herndon and Barton. Personally I have always accepted that Herndon told the truth about Lincoln telling him his mother was illegitimate. I think you once mentioned Ida began to change her mind on Hitchcock's research as time passed.