Happy Mother's Day

[Eva Elisabeth]

(05-12-2014 04:14 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Very interesting, Blaine. Some books/articles, etc. I've seen insert the word "angel" before the word "mother." In other words Lincoln is talking about his "angel mother." However, in Herndon's Life of Lincoln the word "angel" does not appear in the quote. Does anyone know if there is a source for Lincoln actually saying "angel mother?"

Obviously Josiah Holland and Alfred Townsend first inserted the adjective "angel" in Josiah G. Holland: "The Life of Abraham Lincoln", p. 23, and George Alfred Townsend: "The Real Life of Abraham Lincoln", p. 6. According to Townsend, Lincoln made this remark to William Herndon.