Your guess: "angels" or "ages?"

[RJNorton]

There was at least one more person who was at the bedside who wrote that Stanton said "ages." In 1893 Dr. Charles Sabin Taft, in an article entitled "Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours" in Century Magazine, wrote:

"When it was announced that the great heart had ceased to beat, Mr. Stanton said in solemn tones, "He now belongs to the Ages."

I still think "ages."

However, Taft's article also came after Hay's (like Tanner's), so if Hay did change "angels" to "ages" it's possible Taft went by Hay's statement.