What education did the Lincoln boys receive?

[RJNorton]

Bill, this is just a small fragment of an answer.

Back in Chicago after the assassination, Tad attended the Brown School. While there he became the editor of the Brown School Holiday Budget. It contained lots of material such as articles on whether or not Santa Claus existed, wit and humor columns, poems, weather reports, and a school enrollment directory. I believe the Chicago History Museum has a copy of it.

While in Frankfurt, Germany, Tad attended school at Dr. Johann Heinrich Hohagen's Institute. Tad boarded at the school. Among the topics he studied were German, French, English, and drawing. Tad also took dancing lessons while in Germany.