The Bixby Letter

[RJNorton]

Gary, in my heart, I would like to agree with you. The book by F. Lauriston Bullard is quite convincing regarding Lincoln being the author. Mr. Hess, you make good points. As far as the handwriting goes, the original is lost (never surfaced), but lots of facsimiles were made to look like Lincoln's handwriting. Several years ago a museum in Texas discovered what was thought to be a government copy of the letter. The last I heard is they were trying to determine if it was authentic, but I don't recall seeing the results of that effort.