Mr. Lincoln's glasses

[Eva Elisabeth]

Thanks, Laurie, what a fascinating website overall!!! (Here's a direct link to the article BTW: http://www.antiquespectacles.com/topics/...incoln.htm )

Here are two IMO also interesting articles that focus on Lincoln's eyesight, e.g. telling

"The glasses were reported by Almer Coe, of Chicago, to have in each lens the strength of +6.75 D. This indicated that Lincoln probably had 4 or 4 ½ D. of hypermetropia, or farsightedness, at the age of 48":
http://www.lincolnportrait.com/emotional...lopia.html

...and explaining his "supersicious" experience of seeing a double image of his face in a mirror when resting on a couch in his wife's sitting room:
http://www.lincolnportrait.com/emotional...tious.html

Back to Laurie's recommended site - what I found amazing, too, were Robert E. Lee's glasses:

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The description reads: "Coin silver oval frame, blue lenses, pin-in-slot adjustable sides,
Lee Chapel and Museum, Washington and Lee University".

Blue eyeglasses - why that??? And in those days? Unfortunately, the site doesn't tell if those were reading glasses or other ones. I cannot think of any medical indication for blue eyeglass lenses. Nor do I personally find blue sunglasses (if that was the purpose) agreeable to look through. Thanks for all your ideas/comments on this!