Great guess Roger, but that's not correct.
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Rob
The Wilma Frances Minor letters ?
Another good guess, Gene, but that isn't it.
First clue. Tarbell said this in 1907.
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Rob
Rob, can you say if the response you are asking about took place during Lincoln's Illinois' years?
Roger,
It took place during the presidential years.
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Rob
Wild guess...the fact that Lincoln was actually quite seriously ill after the Gettysburg Address...much more so than the public knew.
Sorry Roger, but that's not it.
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Rob
The incident with Gen. McLennan when Lincoln called at the McLennan home but the General chose not to see him?
Good try Mike, but that's not it.
Next clue: What Tarbell thought had happened actually hadn't. She was reacting to something else that someone said.
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Rob
Does it relate to Mary Lincoln?
That Lincoln did not appear in person before The Committee on the Conduct of the War in order to defend Mary's loyalty to the Union?
Mike, it doesn't have anything to do with Mary.
Sorry Roger, it isn't that.
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Rob
Did it relate to how Jefferson Davis was to be treated after the war?
Sorry Mike, but no.
Next clue. Tarbell said she was familiar with the main part of this story, but not the part that she was asked to comment on.
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Rob
The idea that Lincoln may have supported colonization later in his Presidency than commonly thought?