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[LincolnToddFan]

Eva E....that is not surprising...so WHL is the source of the dream story, and uses MTL to back up his own story? Hmmm. Anyway the dream sounds so "Lincolnian" that I have never truly questioned it.

By the way I am reading two books right now. One is "Michael and Natasha: The Life and Love of Michael II, the Last of the Romanov Tsars" by Rosemary and Donald Campbell.

The second is Chris DeRose's new release "The President's War: Six Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them". This book examines the issues of nullification and slavery as political hot potatoes passed from five American presidents, eventually landing in the lap of Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Speaking of Lincoln there is a fascinating incident on pg #191 in the summer of 1861. A military aide knocks on the door of the president's bedroom at 4am to give him news of the first Union battle victory at Rich Mountain, Virginia. Lincoln answered the door dressed only in a short red flannel shirt that he "struggled to hold down in front of him". He explained his appearance on the fact that his dressing gown was tangled around his sleeping wife's feet and rather than wake her, he put on this shirt instead.

Interesting. So.. not only was Abraham Lincoln still sleeping with his hated wife during the WH years he was apparently doing so...gasp!...in the nude!

The source for this anecdote is Col. Daniel Butterfield( Emmanuel Hertz's 1939 "Lincoln Talks: An Oral Biography". )