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A Sandburg Stumper
09-22-2023, 04:02 PM
Post: #406
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry Steve, but it isn't Onstott.

Clue: Another of Lincoln's contemporaries referred to him as an "egotistical fool."

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09-23-2023, 01:24 PM
Post: #407
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
His last name is not pronounced as it is spelled.

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09-23-2023, 06:27 PM
Post: #408
RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Well, I guess I'll go ahead and call this. The letter writer was none other than Ward Hill Lamon, who was trying to get a picture of Herndon for Lamon's biography of Lincoln.

I'm not sure about the idea that before 1870, Herndon never had a picture taken. Doing some research, it shows only five known poses, but I'm not sure as to their dates. At least one looks like a younger Herndon.

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