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RE: Unwanted Facts, blah, blah, blah - Paul F. - 09-03-2019 06:57 PM
Nope. You're all wrong. I have it on good authority (a friend of mine was traveling out east and someone gave him a pamphlet walking down the sidewalk) that Mary Lincoln was the one who shot Abe in the box at Ford's. Who cares about the fieldglasses? Sense the sarcasm yet? Always a fun discussion, though!
RE: Unwanted Facts, blah, blah, blah - RJNorton - 09-04-2019 05:11 AM
(09-03-2019 06:57 PM)Paul F. Wrote: Nope. You're all wrong. I have it on good authority (a friend of mine was traveling out east and someone gave him a pamphlet walking down the sidewalk) that Mary Lincoln was the one who shot Abe in the box at Ford's. Who cares about the fieldglasses? Sense the sarcasm yet? Always a fun discussion, though!
Paul, your friend's pamphlet is right on - the author of the pamphlet obtained his research here:
https://www.doubleuoglobebrand.com/vol11/cn11-32.html
I wonder if the name of the pamphlet's author was also withheld by request...
RE: Unwanted Facts, blah, blah, blah - Rob Wick - 09-04-2019 11:03 AM
Quote:But Mary Todd also owned a derringer with a white pearl handle....that fact is in the National Archives.
Would that be in the records of the Office of First Lady Firearms?
Quote:Mary Todd like so many high society persons in Washington D.C. during the 1860s was an opium addict... that fact is in the Library of Congress.
In the same box as the originals of the Andrew Potter papers, no doubt.
Best
Rob
RE: Unwanted Facts, blah, blah, blah - Paul F. - 09-04-2019 11:02 PM
(09-04-2019 05:11 AM)RJNorton Wrote:(09-03-2019 06:57 PM)Paul F. Wrote: Nope. You're all wrong. I have it on good authority (a friend of mine was traveling out east and someone gave him a pamphlet walking down the sidewalk) that Mary Lincoln was the one who shot Abe in the box at Ford's. Who cares about the fieldglasses? Sense the sarcasm yet? Always a fun discussion, though!
Paul, your friend's pamphlet is right on - the author of the pamphlet obtained his research here:
https://www.doubleuoglobebrand.com/vol11/cn11-32.html
I wonder if the name of the pamphlet's author was also withheld by request...
The wonders never cease! I have seen the pistol several times, and the pearl handle must have escaped me. Someone really must get this to the New York Times or MSNBC and get the word out. (Again, anyone sense the sarcasm?)