John Hay wrote the Bixby letter

[David Lockmiller]

It's now unofficially official according to the New York Times: John Hay wrote the Bixby letter

Trump’s Not Alone. A Lincoln Condolence Letter Stirred Controversy, Too.

By JUSTIN BANK and GARDINER HARRIS NYTimes OCT. 22, 2017

"A 1933 Times editorial was among the first speculation that the letter was actually written by Lincoln’s secretary, John Hay. Multiple pieces of reporting and books were dedicated to resolving the question of the letter’s authorship and the fate of the Bixbys. As recently as July 2017, a team of forensic linguists published research they believed confirmed Hay as the author."

Another Lincoln myth "bites the dust."