Yes, Joe! Good job. The source for this is Asia Booth Clarke's memoir (1938) published many years after her death (1888).
No Googling, please. Who described Lincoln as "the queerest old cuss you ever saw"?
That's a negative, PMOTI. Please come back and try again......
I suppose someone who was much younger? A soldier?
Seward? ( in earlier years)
Dr. Eva is the closest so far! This person was younger, but was not yet a soldier. That came later.
Yes it was, Roger! Great job. During a hazing while attending his first year at Harvard, Robert was asked about his then presidential candidate father and that's how he described him.
I just watched an outstanding clip by Jason Emerson that dispels many myths about RTL. You can watch it here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-Hn0BaYe7I&t=16s
Who described Lincoln thus ... 'a man of very small account in every way'
googling is ok
He was not born in the USA
He was a journalist and activist with 2 sons in the Confederate army.
He wasn't born there, but he came from Van Diemen's Land
Well, according to my Google search, the answer appears to be John Mitchel. However, I would be lying if I said I had any idea who he was other than what I read online.
Best
Rob